allegro
noun
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Definition of allegro
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allegro
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Noun
The symphony's first movement is an allegro.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
At each stage of class—the barre exercises, the serene adagio movements, and allegro jumps from petit to grande—there’s a code, a recipe, literal steps to doing things well. — Matt Ortile, SELF, "Whenever My Life Feels Out of Control, I Go to Ballet Class," 16 Aug. 2018 Capping the extended allegro giusto finale, Mr. Morris reverses the configuration. — Robert Greskovic, WSJ, "A Troupe From Florida and a Piscine World Premiere," 15 Aug. 2018 The first movement is a dramatic sonata-allegro form, and Kuan’s deft handling of the many tempo changes enhanced the sense of sense of inevitable progression built into the music. — Jessica Rudman, courant.com, "HSO Plays A Superb Shostakovich Program To Two Standing Ovations," 5 May 2018 In the carefree allegro section, tuba races against chattering trumpets. — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, "Is John Williams the next Kendrik Lamar? His Philadelphia Orchestra visit made us think, why not?," 19 Apr. 2018 Music director Eric Jacobsen drew out the rhythmic accents of the allegro first movement. — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Classical music is stuffy, you say? Not in Central Florida," 8 Apr. 2018 At Aimard’s resolute tempo, the opening allegro carried an elemental energy that swept all before it. — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, "Pianist Aimard illuminates works of genius from different musical eras," 7 Mar. 2018 So too did the artists bring out the Mendelssohnian grace of the allegro molto from Opus 8, the imitative figures bouncing from one instrument to the next. — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, "Yo-Yo Ma and friends prove their mastery in Brahms; MOB ventures rare Handel oratorio," 28 Feb. 2018 The ballerina role remains one of the peaks of allegro bravura. — Alastair Macaulay, New York Times, "Balanchine’s ‘Square Dance’ Speaks Ballet With an American Accent," 30 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'allegro.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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