Allegretto

Swiftness and clarity aside, one distinguishing feature was the limited use of string vibrato, now common practice but here especially effective in the seventh's allegretto, the not very slow "slow" movement. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I then switch my mind to playing internally the allegretto movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony before saying anything. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The minuet, which is marked allegretto, has the spirit and sound of a scherzo and ought to be played like one. ❋ Lisa Hirsch (2009)

He marked the movement allegretto grazioso, ma non troppo presto, pero non troppo adagio, cosi-cosi, con molto garbo ed espressione. ❋ Unknown (2007)

HOFFMAN: Graceful allegretto but not too fast, but not too slow, so-so, with lots of elegance and expression. ❋ Unknown (2007)

May 23, 2006, 10: 18 am auto insurance fraud says: auto insurance fraud inquisitively! allegretto bantering gallery digressing ❋ Unknown (2004)

It's a minor tune in 6/8, a slow allegretto in the key of F. ❋ Annabellee3 (2004)

It ought to have been all gay, allegro, allegretto, in that sparkle of bright air and old roof surfaces. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The intense, allegretto parts had my heart pounding -- though that could've been the timpani at work. ❋ Bradamant (2003)

Mozart paused, startled, by a pet shop door and listened to the allegretto theme from his own piano concerto in G-Major repeated by a starling in a cage. ❋ Kirchwey, Karl (2000)

The admirable _allegretto_ in B flat, of Beethoven's ❋ Various (N/A)

The Isaac Newton's steam-whistle had sent up the curtain; the overture had followed with strains Der-Frei-schutzy in the Adirondacks, pastoral in the valleys of Vermont and New Hampshire, funebral and andante in the fogs of Mollychunkamug; now it was to end in an allegretto gallopade, and the drama would open. ❋ Various (N/A)

Were they telling in lively allegretto movements of our safe landing on golden shores, and of our successful achievements followed by a safe and happy return to home and loved ones? ❋ May Kellogg Sullivan (N/A)

Maestro of Balangilang was swaying with relaxed muscle and half-closed eyes to the allegretto trot of his little native pony, when he pulled up with a start, wide awake and all his senses on the alert. ❋ Various (N/A)

Humbled and ashamed, Frederick gives up his allegretto. ❋ Various (N/A)

The artist rushes full speed into the allegretto -- and under the pressure of his hands, burning with rage and genius, the chord breaks again! ❋ Various (N/A)

The same writer gives _tempo di menuetto_ as equivalent to _allegretto_, and _tempo di valso_ as equivalent to _allegro moderato_ (which he regards as indicating a more rapid tempo than _allegretto_). ❋ Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1928)

_Allegro_ and _allegretto_ [28] -- a moderately quick tempo, ❋ Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1928)

"Take the allegretto a little faster," says Mr. Bullen, and gets up and begins to walk up and down again. ❋ Unknown (1920)