Allegro

Definitions

1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
2. An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
3. A passage having this mark.

Equivalents

Examples

“And what mean⟳ these outbursts and objurgations of his, you will ask⟳; these suggestions, furtive, rhapsodical, mystical; this furibund allegro about Money, Mediums, and Bohemia; [...]”

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