strettoadv.n.

/ˈstrɛtto/

Forms: Plural stretti /ˈstrɛtti/, also strettos.

Etymology: Italian = narrow: see strait adj.

Music.

A. adv.

A direction to perform a passage, esp. a final passage, in quicker time.

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

1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 240 Stretto, shortened, is often used to signify that the measure is to be short and concise, therefore quick.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Stretto, in the Italian music, is sometimes used to signify that the measure is to be short and concise, and consequently quick. In this sense it stands opposed to largo.

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Stretto,..(Ital.). Shortened. A word formerly used to signify that the movement..was to be performed in a quick, concise style.

1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 739/2.

B. n.

a. (See quot. 1869.) Also transferred.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > fugue > stretto

stretto1854

stretta1876

stretto maestrale1876

1854 Cherubini's Counterpoint 65 The stretto is..one of the essential requisites of a fugue.

1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xxi. 166 In a fugue the stretto is an artifice by which the subject and answer are, as it were, bound closer together, by being made to overlap.

1898 G. B. Shaw Perfect Wagnerite 3 In classical music..there are fugues, with counter-subjects, strettos, and pedal points.

1962–3 Sight & Sound Winter 19/1 Finally, there are the flashbacks and then the stretto of flashbacks, as if, at the end, Colin Smith were still attempting to make up his mind.

1963 J. Wiesenfarth Henry James v. 104 The coda begins in Chapter XII and ends with Chapter XIV in a stretto.

1979 UCT Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) Sept. 38 Pope mimics the convention: The Rape of the Lock is threaded with premonitory phrases which he gathers into a stretto as the climax draws near.

attributive.1887 H. C. Banister Lect. Musical Anal. 133 Alternating such fragments, or bringing them together, stretto fashion.

b. stretto maestrale [compare maestrale n.] (see quot. 1946).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > fugue > stretto

stretto1854

stretta1876

stretto maestrale1876

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 279/1 Maestrale or magistrale, a term sometimes applied to the Stretto of a Fugue.

1910 E. Prout Anal. J. S. Bach's 48 Fugues 13 As the subject appears in a complete form in all the groups of the entries now under notice,..we have here an example of a stretto maestrale.

1946 E. Blom Everyman's Dict. Music 672/1 Stretto maestrale,..a S[tretto] in which the fugal subject not only appears in close, overlapping entries, but is carried through from beginning to end at each entry.

1948 G. Oldroyd Technique & Spirit of Fugue ix. 143 It is a specimen of ‘stretto maestrale’ in which a phrase in its full length is repeated in canon throughout all the strands.

1959 J. V. Cockshoot Fugue in Beethoven's Piano Mus. v. 68 This four-fold entry foreshadows the final section, with an effect of stretto maestrale.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stretto
释义	strettoadv.n. /ˈstrɛtto/ Forms: Plural stretti /ˈstrɛtti/, also strettos. Etymology: Italian = narrow: see strait adj. Music. A. adv. A direction to perform a passage, esp. a final passage, in quicker time. 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 1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 240 Stretto, shortened, is often used to signify that the measure is to be short and concise, therefore quick. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Stretto, in the Italian music, is sometimes used to signify that the measure is to be short and concise, and consequently quick. In this sense it stands opposed to largo. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Stretto,..(Ital.). Shortened. A word formerly used to signify that the movement..was to be performed in a quick, concise style. 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 739/2. B. n. a. (See quot. 1869.) Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > fugue > stretto stretto1854 stretta1876 stretto maestrale1876 1854 Cherubini's Counterpoint 65 The stretto is..one of the essential requisites of a fugue. 1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xxi. 166 In a fugue the stretto is an artifice by which the subject and answer are, as it were, bound closer together, by being made to overlap. 1898 G. B. Shaw Perfect Wagnerite 3 In classical music..there are fugues, with counter-subjects, strettos, and pedal points. 1962–3 Sight & Sound Winter 19/1 Finally, there are the flashbacks and then the stretto of flashbacks, as if, at the end, Colin Smith were still attempting to make up his mind. 1963 J. Wiesenfarth Henry James v. 104 The coda begins in Chapter XII and ends with Chapter XIV in a stretto. 1979 UCT Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) Sept. 38 Pope mimics the convention: The Rape of the Lock is threaded with premonitory phrases which he gathers into a stretto as the climax draws near. attributive.1887 H. C. Banister Lect. Musical Anal. 133 Alternating such fragments, or bringing them together, stretto fashion. b. stretto maestrale [compare maestrale n.] (see quot. 1946). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [noun] > fugue > stretto stretto1854 stretta1876 stretto maestrale1876 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 279/1 Maestrale or magistrale, a term sometimes applied to the Stretto of a Fugue. 1910 E. Prout Anal. J. S. Bach's 48 Fugues 13 As the subject appears in a complete form in all the groups of the entries now under notice,..we have here an example of a stretto maestrale. 1946 E. Blom Everyman's Dict. Music 672/1 Stretto maestrale,..a S[tretto] in which the fugal subject not only appears in close, overlapping entries, but is carried through from beginning to end at each entry. 1948 G. Oldroyd Technique & Spirit of Fugue ix. 143 It is a specimen of ‘stretto maestrale’ in which a phrase in its full length is repeated in canon throughout all the strands. 1959 J. V. Cockshoot Fugue in Beethoven's Piano Mus. v. 68 This four-fold entry foreshadows the final section, with an effect of stretto maestrale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.1740
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