allegro

     

Allegro may mean:

Trivia about allegro

  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.) A series of quick, jumping steps is called this, also the Italian term for the tempo at which the music is playing
  • Mendelssohn put this Italian word for a brisk tempo on the first movement of his "Italian" symphony
  • Quick! It's a musical direction to play quickly
  • This musical direction, Italian for "lively", is also the title of a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
  • Tchaikovsky assigned this tempo to the following
  • 140 bpm brings you to this word, the basic musical indication for "fast" or "lively"

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