allegro

• Then an allegro, "Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti" to the "ossa humiliata." —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
• (N.B. The septet consists of a short introductory adagio , an allegro, adagio, minuetto, andante , with variations, minuetto , and another short adagio preceding a presto .) —  Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Vol. 1 of 2
• 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
• What to my mind should have been allegro was a petty, morbido maze of stretti. —  MFSF,January2005
• The second movement is usually a fugal allegro, and the third and fourth movements are binary forms that occasionally resemble the dances the sarabande and gigue. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines

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