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  • noun Plural form of allegro.

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Examples

  • What struck me is how much gypsy passion Biss brought to the propulsive momentum Biss uses the word "relentless" in program notes he wrote in the two allegros of Beethoven's No.

    Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: Jonathan Biss Beats the CRIS Allan M. Jalon 2011

  • She could anticipate the allegros, the lentos, and the fortes, with ease, but when it came time to anticipate the man she loved, she felt tone deaf, and for that there was no cure.

    Until the Heart Stops Beating Khaliah Williams 2011

  • What struck me is how much gypsy passion Biss brought to the propulsive momentum Biss uses the word "relentless" in program notes he wrote in the two allegros of Beethoven's No.

    Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: Jonathan Biss Beats the CRIS Allan M. Jalon 2011

  • She could anticipate the allegros, the lentos, and the fortes, with ease, but when it came time to anticipate the man she loved, she felt tone deaf, and for that there was no cure.

    Until the Heart Stops Beating Khaliah Williams 2011

  • His _allegros_ are sometimes difficult; but the passages fairly belong to the instrument for which they were composed, and were suggested by his consummate knowledge of the finger-board and the powers of the bow.

    The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart

  • These di concerto psalms are "theatrical compositions ... with soli, chorus, and orchestra, comprising adagios, allegros, and often dance airs" (Duclos, 106, footnote 2).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • As most first movements in the sonatas of that composer are _allegros_ I tried the beginning several times as an _allegro_, but it sounded radically wrong.

    Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers Frederick Herman Martens 1903

  • _Andantes y allegros_ and _Cromos y acuarelas, cantos de nuestra época, con un prólogo de D. José Fernández

    Modern Spanish Lyrics 1899

  • Three-Part Song-forms are so broad, and many sonata-allegros so diminutive, that it is here again often difficult to determine the line of demarcation between them.

    Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition Percy Goetschius 1898

  • Having observed that all last as well as first allegros here begin together with all the other instruments, and generally unisono, mine commenced with only two violins, piano for the first eight bars, followed instantly by a forte; the audience, as I expected, called out "hush!" at the soft beginning, and the instant the forte was heard began to clap their hands.

    The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart, Wolfgang A 1864

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