Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tender; affecting: in music, designating a movement which is to be sung or played softly and affectingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Mus.) With feeling.
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- adverb music With
feeling ; in a loving, tender way.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ditto, for discovering a lost babby -- a simply _affettuoso_ strain, in a
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 Various
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_Andante affettuoso_ -- moderately slow, and with tenderness and pathos.
Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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Beginning in quadruple time on four flats minor, it renders the first stanza in flowing concords largo affettuoso, and a single bass fugue,
The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Theron Brown 1873
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It comprises every possible display of jocularity, from an affettuoso smile to a piano titter, or full chorus fortissimo ha, ha, ha!
The Contrast Royall Tyler 1791
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It comprises every possible display of jocularity, from an affettuoso smile to a piano titter, or full chorus fortissimo ha, ha, ha!
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Movement 2: Nicht zu langsam (Andante affettuoso) [10'42] 3.
VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅 jtwh2000 2010
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_affettuoso_ of humanity, warbled from the throats of Reubell, Carnot,
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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(Library of Congress - ROWLANDSON / Archives) Reveling in exaggerated actions, the British satirist mocks a musician playing affettuoso ("with feeling") with "Discord" (ca.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Michael Cavna 2011
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