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moderato
adverb
Music(especially as a direction after a tempo marking) at a moderate pace.
‘the piece should not be played too fast, beginning moderato and ending spiritoso’- ‘In other words, the mood that is written above the score is never quite identical to the affects it contains: Moderato Cantabile is never quite moderato cantabile.’
- ‘The penultimate, Prelude 23, is faster than the moderato marking.’
- ‘As this passage also suggests, however, moderato cantabile seems to be much more than what is written above the score.’
- ‘In chapter eleven of volume six Tristram cites the indications moderato, lentamente, lenute, grave, adagio, constrepito, scicilliana, allacapella, con l'arco, and sema l' arco.’
- ‘However I felt the orchestra lacked clarity in the moderato sections where a pulse was needed but not provided.’
adjective
MusicModerate in pace.
‘the moderato finale is not all sweetness and light, the tension mounting to fortissimo outbursts’
nounmoderatos
MusicA passage marked to be performed at a moderate pace.
- ‘The moderato comes with such tastefully conceived phrasing and smooth quality that there is now the kind of near-perfection that gives an idea of what these two musicians are capable of together.’
- ‘The work falls into four movements - moderato, slow, scherzo, and allegro finale - the last three played without a break.’
- ‘A mysterious first movement, prelude: adagio - moderato, runs much of its course over a rocking two-note pattern, building to a powerful climax.’
- ‘In the Allegro assai moderato we have an impression of impish playfulness that is very much akin to Gade's own inventiveness.’
- ‘The passion of the Allegretto poco moderato e comodo was never allowed to become overly sentimental.’
Origin
Italian, literally ‘moderate’.
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