andante

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Then, while the sinfonia of the andante was in progress, how gracefully he turned son dos to the delighted auditors, and made an interesting promenade au fond_, always contriving to get his finely-arched nose over the lumiθres at the precise point of time (we speak in a musical sense) where the word "_voce_" is marked in the score.

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  1. adverb In a moderately slow tempo, usually considered to be slower than allegretto but faster than adagio. Used chiefly as a direction.
  2. noun An andante passage or movement.

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  • When I had completed the first allegro and andante, I took it to him myself and played it over; you can't think what applause this sonata receives. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • The andante (which must not be played QUICK) she executed with the greatest possible feeling; and she likes to play it. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • And it is really so; she is just what the andante is. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • The andante was also liked, but the last allegro still more so. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • The andante, however, has not the good fortune to please him; he declares that it has too many modulations, and is too long. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
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  1. Italian, from present participle of andare, to walk, ultimately perhaps from Latin ambulāre; see ambhi in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Italian, literally walking, present participle of andare, walk, go: see alley.
 

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