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Definition of Prestissimo

1. Adjective. (of tempo) as fast as possible.

2. Adverb. Extremely fast; as fast as possible. "This passage should be played prestissimo"

Definition of Prestissimo

1. adv. Very quickly; with great rapidity.

Definition of Prestissimo

1. Adjective. (music) Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo. (defdate from 18th c.) ¹

2. Adverb. (context: chiefly music) Very quickly. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prestissimo

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prestissimo

prestigiation prestigiations prestigiator prestigiators prestigiatory prestigious prestigiously prestigiousness prestimonies prestimony

prestimulated prestimulation prestimulations prestimulus presting prestissimo (current term) presto presto change-o presto chango prestorage

prestore prestored prestores prestoring prestorm prestos prestrained prestrategic prestress prestressed

Literary usage of Prestissimo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"Mozart, writing to his father, spoke of Vogler playing at sight the first movement of one of Mozart's sonatas, prestissimo, "the andante allegro" and the ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"We hear that Signor prestissimo, the celebrated Italian sculptor, is extremely busy just now, and finds some difficulty in keeping pace with his numerous ..."

3. Critical and Historical Essays: Lectures Delivered at Columbia University by Edward MacDowell (1912)
"The Finale is usually prestissimo. 7. SALTARELLO. — Similar to the tarantella, with the exception of having more jumps (salti). 8. POLKA (about 1840). ..."

4. Critical and Historical Essays: Lectures Delivered at Columbia University by Edward MacDowell (1912)
"Time, molto allegro to prestissimo. Forms 4 and 6, sometimes 7. In the Trio the movement is often ... The Finale is usually prestissimo. 7. SALTARELLO. ..."

5. Music: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1895)
"He wrote "Presto" for his 17th study., =132 and "prestissimo" for his 37th study ^ =76. The term names bear still another use, that of suggesting the style ..."

6. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1877)
"The larghetto reappears; then the prestissimo break» ont again, and a fine coda of combination completed a masterly number. No. 7. ..."

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