graziosoadv.adj.
Music.
A direction denoting that a composition is to be played in a graceful manner.
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strepitoso1801
grazioso1806
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1806 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (ed. 2) Grazioso,..a term implying that the movement to which it is prefixed is to be performed in a smooth, flowing, and graceful style.
1935 D. F. Tovey Ess. Mus. Anal. II. lxi. 138 The seventh variation (grazioso 6/8) is the crowning point of new melody and new lusciousness.
1965 Listener 24 June 953/1 During an early scene with Moses, Aaron's grazioso line..is first accompanied by counter-lines on the divided cellos.
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adv.adj.1806