Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In music, hastening the pace: virtually the same as accelerando or stringendo.
Wiktionary
- adv. music In a rushing or hurrying manner. In the manner of pressing onwards.
Etymologies
- Borrowing from Italian affrettando. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“_Accelerando_, _affrettando_ [Transcriber's Note: Corrected misspelling "affretando" in original] (this term implies some degree of excitement also), _stringendo_, _poco a poco animato_.”
“_Crescendo ed affrettando_ -- gradually louder and faster.”
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