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Brisk musical movement
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allegro
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s as a musical term, from Italian allegro "cheerful, gay," from Latin alacrem (nominative alacer ) "lively, cheerful, brisk" (see alacrity ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context music English) describing a passage having this mark adv. (context music English) played in a quick, lively tempo n. 1 (context music English) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Allegro was a top restaurant in Prague Four Seasons hotel. It is now closed. In 2008 it became the first restaurant from the post-communist bloc to obtain the star from the prestigious Michelin Guide . In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Allegro retained its star. ...
Usage examples of allegro.
Is it Gutenberg who, after the bright allegro, whistles an adagio as a finale?
Muggledrone played allegretto, Trumtwang allegro, Whistlerap presto, and Scrapesqueak prestissimo.
There were several others, all in uniform, whom Allegro did not recognize.
The searchlights and the giant swastika flags threw Hitler into a sort of central focus and Allegro was on his feet, gesturing lightly but convulsively with his hands.
Martin Allegro was not thinking of how incongruously comic the historical Fuhrer had looked, not even thinking of the gloomy future Brother Matthew had predicted.
As the historians looked the monks they were, so Allegro, in a manner of speaking, looked what he was.
As he withdrew, the chief historian glanced at Allegro over the rim of his steaming cup.
The familiar flicker told Allegro he was about to watch another reconstituted film.
If he asks you to drive his Allegro, make sure you depress the clutch fully before changing gear.
But a scandal developed: while some scholars, notably John Allegro, published their texts relatively quickly, others took much longer.
She rested them softly on the keys a moment, then started the allegro once again.
When she finished, she took a deep breath and realized the allegro had done its work.
Baseball is the only modern sport with more adagio than allegro built into the structure of the game.
The Allegro ma Non Troppo composers implicitly ask you to isolate a certain amount of time as an experience.
Of these are piano, violin, orchestra, canto, allegro, piazza, gazette, umbrella, gondola, bandit, etc.