allegro
2 of 2adverb or adjective
: at a brisk lively tempo
—used as a direction in music
Examples of allegro in a Sentence
Noun
The symphony's first movement is an allegro.
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
The Molto allegro finale has been thought to represent the pumping of ship engines.
—Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
In a drying and warming world, fast-developing meat-eaters and the allegro-singing fathers that sire them might have an edge.
—Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
The allegro has gestural spans that collapse if not sustained, and these were carried over the entire work.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2022
Surely that means just a little slower than the main allegro.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
In second gear, his singing V-8 seems to jump tempo, allegro to presto.
—Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 29 May 2020
In late May 1784, in a Viennese shop, Mozart heard a starling singing a motif strikingly similar to the allegro movement of his Piano Concerto No.
—New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
The third and final movement is another sonata-allegro form, which incorporates quotations from the first and second movements.
—Jessica Rudman, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2019
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Noun
The movement’s main tempo felt more andante than the marked allegro.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
The Molto allegro finale has been thought to represent the pumping of ship engines.
—Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
In a drying and warming world, fast-developing meat-eaters and the allegro-singing fathers that sire them might have an edge.
—Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
The allegro has gestural spans that collapse if not sustained, and these were carried over the entire work.
—Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2022
Surely that means just a little slower than the main allegro.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
In second gear, his singing V-8 seems to jump tempo, allegro to presto.
—Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 29 May 2020
In late May 1784, in a Viennese shop, Mozart heard a starling singing a motif strikingly similar to the allegro movement of his Piano Concerto No.
—New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
The third and final movement is another sonata-allegro form, which incorporates quotations from the first and second movements.
—Jessica Rudman, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2019
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