allegro
/əˈlɛɡrəʊ
/ /əˈleɪɡrəʊ/Music
adverb & adjective
(Especially as a direction) at a brisk speed.When she returned to Mr. B's class, across the floor she sped in a moving allegro combination, executing triple pirouettes....
- Her strengths shone through in this Coppelia, with its lightning petit allegro segments and pointe solos.
- Though she rose slowly through the company ranks (appointed soloist in 1967 and principal in 1972), her brilliant allegro technique made her a natural Balanchine dancer.
noun (plural allegros)
A movement, passage, or composition marked to be performed allegro.He couldn't write a symphonic allegro to save his life....
- It was played with coloured lighting to guide us through the movements: red for the first allegro, blue for the quieter slow movement, and green with increasing orange for the finale.
- The opening allegro was written in a white heat of inspiration, during a holiday in the mountains near Graz; he seems to have run out of manuscript paper, for the last 50 bars are scribbled out on dinner napkins.
Origin
Italian, literally 'lively, gay'.
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