allegron.adv.adj.

Brit.

/əˈlɛɡrəʊ/,

/əˈleɪɡrəʊ/, U.S.

/əˈlɛɡroʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian allegro.

Etymology: < Italian allegro (adjective) fast, brisk, animated, lively, happy, cheerful, merry (c1274), (noun) movement played at a quick tempo (a1566; also as a musical direction), ultimately < classical Latin alacris (also alacer ) brisk (see alacrious adj.).

Music.

A. n.

1. A movement, passage, or piece played at a quick tempo, or in a brisk or lively manner; esp. one constituting the first part of a sonata, symphony, or other work. Also: this tempo or manner itself.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > main division of opus > types of movement

allegro1683

amoroso1769

finale1783

adagio1785

andante1785

appassionato1838

trio1840

presto1842

andantino1845

adagietto1852

scherzo1852

scherzando1876

galanterie1911

1683 H. Purcell Sonnata's of III Parts To Rdr. Allegro, and vivace, a very brisk, swift, or fast movement.

1698 H. Hall in H. Purcell Orpheus Britannicus ii. p. ii/2 Well were it, if the World woul'd lay Embargo's On such Allegro's and such Poco Largo's.

1709 tr. F. Raguenet Compar. French & Italian Mus. & Opera's 68 Others begin their Sonata's in Adagio, and end in Allegro.

1754 Ld. Chesterfield in World 14 Nov. 588 His adagio's, his allegro's..and his jiggs.

1776 J. Skinner Two Excellent New Songs (single sheet) Their allegro's and a' the rest, They can na please a true Scots taste, Compared with Tullichgorum.

1830 Lady Morgan France in 1829–30 II. 346 It was during that first brilliant allegro of the overture.

1882 P. D. Townsend tr. O. Jahn Life Mozart III. xii. 232 The whole is wound up by rather a long coda in allegro.

1919 Musical Q. 5 84 Our composer's sonatas are divided into two movements: an initial Allegro, followed by a Minuet or Rondeau.

1972 C. Rosen Classical Style v. ii. 269 Mozart's D major Quintet and the Hadyn symphonies of the 1790s..reveal new relationships between the introductions and the following allegros.

2007 Gramophone Feb. 68/1 The F minor Concerto (No 1) does not need its opening Allegro to be taken quite so fast for it to make its points.

2. Ballet. A quick, lively, or brisk movement or sequence, esp. a series of jumps or turns; this style of dancing. Also: the section of a ballet class in which these exercises are performed. Cf. adagio n. 2b. petit allegro n. allegro characterized by small quick jumps and steps. grand allegro n. allegro characterized by great leaps and fast extended movements.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > movements

entrechat1706

pirouette1706

sissonne1706

batterie1712

cabriole1753

ballonné1760

balancé?1770

brisé1786

ballotté1802

rond de jambe1824

petit battement1828

battement1830

elevation1830

fouetté1830

jeté1830

changement de pied1840

développé1888

temps1890

pas de ciseaux1892

plié1892

changement1905

beat1913

ciseaux1913

glissé1913

ouvert1913

allegro1914

pas de chat1914

pas de cheval1916

soubresaut1916

grand jeté1919

lift1921

toe-dancing1924

pointwork1925

posé1927

jeté en tournant1930

tour1930

extension1934

tour jeté1935

fondu1939

retiré1941

chaîné1946

soutenu1947

passé1948

saut1948

contretemps1952

promenade1953

piqué1954

gargouillade1957

1913 A. E. Johnson Russ. Ballet 108 Allegro Vivace.—A spectral form leaps swiftly into the pale moonbeams, and alights at the threshold.]

1914 T. Kinney & M. W. Kinney Dance iv. 91 [In] the Ballet of the Hours in Gioconda..the music of the hours before dawn is..dreamy, breaking into a sparkling allegro as the light comes.

1930 M. Craske & C. W. Beaumont (title) The theory and practice of allegro in classical ballet.

1957 G. B. L. Wilson Dict. Ballet 22 Allegro, a dance sequence executed to a fast time. Also, the last part of a ballet class, which contains the turns, jumps, and other quick steps.

1979 N. Reynolds Dance Catal. 118/1 Grand allegro..consists of sequences of steps combining big jumps, leaps, and turns which cover large areas.

1992 London Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 7/1 The Allegro of the C minor Sonata depicts a ‘dancing dervish; or death gallop’.

2005 E. G. Minden Ballet Compan. 158 Most of ballet's..ghosts, fairies, and nymphs dance a petit allegro to demonstrate their gravity-defying, supernatural qualities.

B. adv.

As a musical direction: at a quick tempo; in a brisk or lively manner. Also in extended use.One of the most commonly used directions in Western music. presto adv. is usually taken to indicate the next fastest tempo.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for tempo

adagio1680

presto1680

vivace1683

largo1702

allegrettoc1710

allegro1721

larghetto1724

lent1724

lento1724

moderato1724

prestissimo1724

stretto1740

a tempo1740

lentamente1762

accelerando1784

rallentando1786

ritardando1806

ritenuto1826

rit.1833

rapido1841

stringendo1853

lentando1854

allargando1873

rall.1876

trascinando1876

animato1879

largando1883

mässig1884

più mosso1931

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [adverb] > specific tempo

largo1683

allegrettoc1710

allegro1721

furioso1823

precipitato1876

ricky-tick1942

up tempo1948

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Allegro, a Term in Musick when the Movement is quick.

1752 C. Avison Ess. Musical Expression 107 The words Andante, Presto, Allegro, &c., are differently apply'd in the different kinds of Music.

1840 Musical World 6 Aug. 87 How much more delightful is it to have an allegro played allegro, than to have it overdriven into a presto?

1881 Mus. Trades Rev. 15 Feb. 7/1 It is in B minor allegro, and opens with a fugal figure.

1901 Smart Set July 158/1 Full of ze sublime confeedence, I walk allegro through ze crowd of players.

1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surv. ii. 373 I whistle part of an overture (allegro).

1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 487 The duet..is sung allegro assai.

2002 R. D. Sylvester Tchaikovsky's Compl. Songs (2004) 29 The final section, marked Allegro, is in F Minor.

C. adj.

1. Quick in tempo; brisk, lively. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [adjective] > specific tempo

runningc1440

pronto1724

adagio1729

andante1742

amoroso1764

tittuping1772

allegretto1783

allegro1794

largo1795

andantino1819

furioso1823

adagietto1841

accelerando1842

rubato1846

bright1872

mosso1876

ritenuto1876

vivace1922

motoric1937

mouvementé1938

tranquillo1939

up tempo1948

downtempo1957

1794 J. Lettice Lett. Tour Scotl. xix. 365 The simile was certainly expressive of a very spirited movement in the ‘allegro style’.

1826 M. Kelly Reminisc. 248 Storace had the second movement of it struck off in an allegro spirituoso time.

1871 C. Barnard Tone Masters: Beethoven & Bach x. 233 The basses and violoncellos alone, and in allegro time, began..a new song.

1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xi. 125 With no other composer than Mendelssohn does there appear so frequently in the Allegro movements the indication con fuoco or appassionato.

1978 Gramophone Apr. 1756/2 Bernstein, as one would expect, is ideally alive and snappingly rhythmic at the opening of the last movement's allegro section.

2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Dec. 92/1 The modern urban traveler tends to move through the day at an allegro pace.

2. Phonetics. Designating a form of a word or phrase which is shortened or abbreviated when spoken; (of speech) using such shortened or abbreviated forms.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > long or short > shortened

corrept1654

allegro1896

1896 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 17 223 French canif and English knife are the lento and allegro forms respectively of Low German Knif.

1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. iii. 65 Only words of very common use have these double forms (lento- and allegro- forms).

1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics viii. 347 The reduction or abbreviation of the forms of frequently used words (‘allegro forms’ like howd'yedo, and yes'm for yes madam).

1985 Amer. Speech 60 328 Such spellings as gonna, jeet ‘did you eat’, and snice ‘it's nice’ are allegro speech forms.

2003 Jrnl. East Asian Linguistics 12 369 Allegro speech may not adhere to the mode of rule application.

3. Ballet. Of a dance sequence or step: consisting of or characterized by allegro, or an allegro (see sense A. 2); quick, lively brisk. Also designating a dancer performing this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [adjective] > movements or positions

terre-à-terre1797

adagio1915

allegro1922

tendu1922

penchée1930

soutenu1930

taqueté1930

piqué1931

voyagé1931

posé1949

1922 C. W. Beaumont & S. Idzikowski Man. Theory & Pract. Classical Theatr. Dancing i. 22 The manner of holding the hand in Adagio and Allegro exercises.

1958 T. Mara (title) Third steps in ballet: basic allegro steps for home practice.

1986 M. E. Cooper Dance with Me i. 2 The company..[chose] ballerinas in pairs: one allegro, or fast-moving, petite dancer like Fiona; and one tall, lyrical adagio dancer like Lizzy.

2009 A. Bracilović Essent. Dance Med. 53 She is practicing an allegro combination at the end of a long day of rehearsal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	allegro
释义	allegron.adv.adj. Brit. /əˈlɛɡrəʊ/, /əˈleɪɡrəʊ/, U.S. /əˈlɛɡroʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian allegro. Etymology: < Italian allegro (adjective) fast, brisk, animated, lively, happy, cheerful, merry (c1274), (noun) movement played at a quick tempo (a1566; also as a musical direction), ultimately < classical Latin alacris (also alacer ) brisk (see alacrious adj.). Music. A. n. 1. A movement, passage, or piece played at a quick tempo, or in a brisk or lively manner; esp. one constituting the first part of a sonata, symphony, or other work. Also: this tempo or manner itself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > main division of opus > types of movement allegro1683 amoroso1769 finale1783 adagio1785 andante1785 appassionato1838 trio1840 presto1842 andantino1845 adagietto1852 scherzo1852 scherzando1876 galanterie1911 1683 H. Purcell Sonnata's of III Parts To Rdr. Allegro, and vivace, a very brisk, swift, or fast movement. 1698 H. Hall in H. Purcell Orpheus Britannicus ii. p. ii/2 Well were it, if the World woul'd lay Embargo's On such Allegro's and such Poco Largo's. 1709 tr. F. Raguenet Compar. French & Italian Mus. & Opera's 68 Others begin their Sonata's in Adagio, and end in Allegro. 1754 Ld. Chesterfield in World 14 Nov. 588 His adagio's, his allegro's..and his jiggs. 1776 J. Skinner Two Excellent New Songs (single sheet) Their allegro's and a' the rest, They can na please a true Scots taste, Compared with Tullichgorum. 1830 Lady Morgan France in 1829–30 II. 346 It was during that first brilliant allegro of the overture. 1882 P. D. Townsend tr. O. Jahn Life Mozart III. xii. 232 The whole is wound up by rather a long coda in allegro. 1919 Musical Q. 5 84 Our composer's sonatas are divided into two movements: an initial Allegro, followed by a Minuet or Rondeau. 1972 C. Rosen Classical Style v. ii. 269 Mozart's D major Quintet and the Hadyn symphonies of the 1790s..reveal new relationships between the introductions and the following allegros. 2007 Gramophone Feb. 68/1 The F minor Concerto (No 1) does not need its opening Allegro to be taken quite so fast for it to make its points. 2. Ballet. A quick, lively, or brisk movement or sequence, esp. a series of jumps or turns; this style of dancing. Also: the section of a ballet class in which these exercises are performed. Cf. adagio n. 2b. petit allegro n. allegro characterized by small quick jumps and steps. grand allegro n. allegro characterized by great leaps and fast extended movements. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > movements entrechat1706 pirouette1706 sissonne1706 batterie1712 cabriole1753 ballonné1760 balancé?1770 brisé1786 ballotté1802 rond de jambe1824 petit battement1828 battement1830 elevation1830 fouetté1830 jeté1830 changement de pied1840 développé1888 temps1890 pas de ciseaux1892 plié1892 changement1905 beat1913 ciseaux1913 glissé1913 ouvert1913 allegro1914 pas de chat1914 pas de cheval1916 soubresaut1916 grand jeté1919 lift1921 toe-dancing1924 pointwork1925 posé1927 jeté en tournant1930 tour1930 extension1934 tour jeté1935 fondu1939 retiré1941 chaîné1946 soutenu1947 passé1948 saut1948 contretemps1952 promenade1953 piqué1954 gargouillade1957 1913 A. E. Johnson Russ. Ballet 108 Allegro Vivace.—A spectral form leaps swiftly into the pale moonbeams, and alights at the threshold.] 1914 T. Kinney & M. W. Kinney Dance iv. 91 [In] the Ballet of the Hours in Gioconda..the music of the hours before dawn is..dreamy, breaking into a sparkling allegro as the light comes. 1930 M. Craske & C. W. Beaumont (title) The theory and practice of allegro in classical ballet. 1957 G. B. L. Wilson Dict. Ballet 22 Allegro, a dance sequence executed to a fast time. Also, the last part of a ballet class, which contains the turns, jumps, and other quick steps. 1979 N. Reynolds Dance Catal. 118/1 Grand allegro..consists of sequences of steps combining big jumps, leaps, and turns which cover large areas. 1992 London Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 7/1 The Allegro of the C minor Sonata depicts a ‘dancing dervish; or death gallop’. 2005 E. G. Minden Ballet Compan. 158 Most of ballet's..ghosts, fairies, and nymphs dance a petit allegro to demonstrate their gravity-defying, supernatural qualities. B. adv. As a musical direction: at a quick tempo; in a brisk or lively manner. Also in extended use.One of the most commonly used directions in Western music. presto adv. is usually taken to indicate the next fastest tempo. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for tempo adagio1680 presto1680 vivace1683 largo1702 allegrettoc1710 allegro1721 larghetto1724 lent1724 lento1724 moderato1724 prestissimo1724 stretto1740 a tempo1740 lentamente1762 accelerando1784 rallentando1786 ritardando1806 ritenuto1826 rit.1833 rapido1841 stringendo1853 lentando1854 allargando1873 rall.1876 trascinando1876 animato1879 largando1883 mässig1884 più mosso1931 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [adverb] > specific tempo largo1683 allegrettoc1710 allegro1721 furioso1823 precipitato1876 ricky-tick1942 up tempo1948 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Allegro, a Term in Musick when the Movement is quick. 1752 C. Avison Ess. Musical Expression 107 The words Andante, Presto, Allegro, &c., are differently apply'd in the different kinds of Music. 1840 Musical World 6 Aug. 87 How much more delightful is it to have an allegro played allegro, than to have it overdriven into a presto? 1881 Mus. Trades Rev. 15 Feb. 7/1 It is in B minor allegro, and opens with a fugal figure. 1901 Smart Set July 158/1 Full of ze sublime confeedence, I walk allegro through ze crowd of players. 1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surv. ii. 373 I whistle part of an overture (allegro). 1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 487 The duet..is sung allegro assai. 2002 R. D. Sylvester Tchaikovsky's Compl. Songs (2004) 29 The final section, marked Allegro, is in F Minor. C. adj. 1. Quick in tempo; brisk, lively. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [adjective] > specific tempo runningc1440 pronto1724 adagio1729 andante1742 amoroso1764 tittuping1772 allegretto1783 allegro1794 largo1795 andantino1819 furioso1823 adagietto1841 accelerando1842 rubato1846 bright1872 mosso1876 ritenuto1876 vivace1922 motoric1937 mouvementé1938 tranquillo1939 up tempo1948 downtempo1957 1794 J. Lettice Lett. Tour Scotl. xix. 365 The simile was certainly expressive of a very spirited movement in the ‘allegro style’. 1826 M. Kelly Reminisc. 248 Storace had the second movement of it struck off in an allegro spirituoso time. 1871 C. Barnard Tone Masters: Beethoven & Bach x. 233 The basses and violoncellos alone, and in allegro time, began..a new song. 1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era xi. 125 With no other composer than Mendelssohn does there appear so frequently in the Allegro movements the indication con fuoco or appassionato. 1978 Gramophone Apr. 1756/2 Bernstein, as one would expect, is ideally alive and snappingly rhythmic at the opening of the last movement's allegro section. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Dec. 92/1 The modern urban traveler tends to move through the day at an allegro pace. 2. Phonetics. Designating a form of a word or phrase which is shortened or abbreviated when spoken; (of speech) using such shortened or abbreviated forms. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > long or short > shortened corrept1654 allegro1896 1896 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 17 223 French canif and English knife are the lento and allegro forms respectively of Low German Knif. 1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. iii. 65 Only words of very common use have these double forms (lento- and allegro- forms). 1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics viii. 347 The reduction or abbreviation of the forms of frequently used words (‘allegro forms’ like howd'yedo, and yes'm for yes madam). 1985 Amer. Speech 60 328 Such spellings as gonna, jeet ‘did you eat’, and snice ‘it's nice’ are allegro speech forms. 2003 Jrnl. East Asian Linguistics 12 369 Allegro speech may not adhere to the mode of rule application. 3. Ballet. Of a dance sequence or step: consisting of or characterized by allegro, or an allegro (see sense A. 2); quick, lively brisk. Also designating a dancer performing this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [adjective] > movements or positions terre-à-terre1797 adagio1915 allegro1922 tendu1922 penchée1930 soutenu1930 taqueté1930 piqué1931 voyagé1931 posé1949 1922 C. W. Beaumont & S. Idzikowski Man. Theory & Pract. Classical Theatr. Dancing i. 22 The manner of holding the hand in Adagio and Allegro exercises. 1958 T. Mara (title) Third steps in ballet: basic allegro steps for home practice. 1986 M. E. Cooper Dance with Me i. 2 The company..[chose] ballerinas in pairs: one allegro, or fast-moving, petite dancer like Fiona; and one tall, lyrical adagio dancer like Lizzy. 2009 A. Bracilović Essent. Dance Med. 53 She is practicing an allegro combination at the end of a long day of rehearsal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adv.adj.1683
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