allegro

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  1. adverb In a quick, lively tempo, usually considered to be faster than allegretto but slower than presto. Used chiefly as a direction.
  2. noun An allegro passage or movement.

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  • Most of the time the moderato was interpreted as an allegro, and the andante maestro as a simple moderato. —  Musical Memories
  • Then an allegro, "Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti" to the "ossa humiliata." —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • For example, what can be more irrational than the general term allegro, which only means lively; and how far we often are from comprehending the real time, so that the piece itself contradicts the designation. —  Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Vol. 1 of 2
  • So far as I am myself concerned, I have long purposed giving up those inconsistent terms allegro, andante, adagio, and presto; and Maelzel's metronome furnishes us with the best opportunity of doing so. —  Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Vol. 1 of 2
  • The spirit of the allegro is almost like that of the "Sonate —  The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations
 

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  1. Italian, from Latin alacer, lively.

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  1. Italian, brisk, sprightly, cheerful (= French allègre, Old French alegre, later English aleger, q. v.), from Latin alacer, alacris, brisk, sprightly, cheerful: see alacrious and alacrity.
 

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