mestoadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈmɛstəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛstoʊ/

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

Etymology: < Italian mesto sad (early 14th cent. in Dante; 1558 as a musical direction) < classical Latin maestus sad, mournful (see mestive adj.). Compare earlier mestful adj., and mestifical adj.As a musical direction found frequently in German compositions (e.g. in Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 10, no. 3 (1798): see quot. 1880), which is probably largely responsible for the term's appearance in English musical dictionaries in the early 19th cent.

Music.

As a musical direction: sad, mournful. Also as adv.: sadly, mournfully.

ΘΚΠ

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

grave1683

cantabile1724

maestoso1724

staccato1724

legato1740

soavemente1740

tenuto1762

amoroso?1765

spiritoso1767

pomposo1786

scherzando1786

strepitoso1801

grazioso1806

mesto1806

risoluto1817

tripsomely1819

alla marcia1823

energico1824

flautando1825

giocoso1828

grandioso1829

religioso1829

largamente1837

marcato1840

flautato1842

leggiero1851

tranquillo1854

appassionato1857

lamentoso1876

misterioso1876

parlando1876

pesante1876

scherzandissimo1876

affettuoso1879

arioso1879

quasi parlato1908

martellato1928

agitato1944

soave1959

1806 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (ed. 2) Mesto, a term significative of a pathetic and melancholy style of performance.

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 315/2 Mesto, ‘sadly’; a term used three times by Beethoven, in the pianoforte sonatas, op. 10, no. 3, and op. 59, and in the slow movement of Quartet op. 18, no. 7. The slow movement of the first of these is called Largo e mesto, and of the second and third Adagio molto e mesto. It is also used by Chopin in the Mazurkas, op. 33, nos. 1 and 4.

2000 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 23 Jan. 7 A more appealing work, comparable with the Shostakovich in that each of the four movements is marked mesto.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mesto
释义	mestoadj.adv. Brit. /ˈmɛstəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmɛstoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian mesto. Etymology: < Italian mesto sad (early 14th cent. in Dante; 1558 as a musical direction) < classical Latin maestus sad, mournful (see mestive adj.). Compare earlier mestful adj., and mestifical adj.As a musical direction found frequently in German compositions (e.g. in Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 10, no. 3 (1798): see quot. 1880), which is probably largely responsible for the term's appearance in English musical dictionaries in the early 19th cent. Music. As a musical direction: sad, mournful. Also as adv.: sadly, mournfully. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for other expression grave1683 cantabile1724 maestoso1724 staccato1724 legato1740 soavemente1740 tenuto1762 amoroso?1765 spiritoso1767 pomposo1786 scherzando1786 strepitoso1801 grazioso1806 mesto1806 risoluto1817 tripsomely1819 alla marcia1823 energico1824 flautando1825 giocoso1828 grandioso1829 religioso1829 largamente1837 marcato1840 flautato1842 leggiero1851 tranquillo1854 appassionato1857 lamentoso1876 misterioso1876 parlando1876 pesante1876 scherzandissimo1876 affettuoso1879 arioso1879 quasi parlato1908 martellato1928 agitato1944 soave1959 1806 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (ed. 2) Mesto, a term significative of a pathetic and melancholy style of performance. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 315/2 Mesto, ‘sadly’; a term used three times by Beethoven, in the pianoforte sonatas, op. 10, no. 3, and op. 59, and in the slow movement of Quartet op. 18, no. 7. The slow movement of the first of these is called Largo e mesto, and of the second and third Adagio molto e mesto. It is also used by Chopin in the Mazurkas, op. 33, nos. 1 and 4. 2000 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 23 Jan. 7 A more appealing work, comparable with the Shostakovich in that each of the four movements is marked mesto. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1806
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