ALLEGRO (an Italian word, meaning " cheerful," as in Milton's poem)

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ALLEGRO (an Italian word, meaning " cheerful," as in Milton's poem) , a

term

TERM

in music to indicate

quick

QUICK

or lively

time

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

, coming between

andante

ANDANTE (Ital. for " moving slowly," from andare, to go)

and presto; it is frequently modified by the addition of qualifying words. It is also used of a

separate

SEPARATE

piece of music, or of a

movement

MOVEMENT

in a

sonata

SONATA (From Ital. sonare, to
sound
- SOUND
- SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)
)

symphony

SYMPHONY

, &c.

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