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Webster 1913 Edition

Allegretto

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Alˊle-gret′to

,

Adj.

[It., dim. of

allegro

.]

(Mus.)

Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.

–

Noun.

A movement in this time.

Webster 1828 Edition

Allegretto

ALLEGRET'TO

, [from allegro,] denotes, in music, a movement or time quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.