music-glossary: allegro

 
 1.11 allegro
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 ES: allegro, rápido, I: allegro, F: allegro, gaiement, D: Allegro,
 Schnell, Fröhlich, Lustig, NL: allegro, DK: allegro, S: allegro, FI:
 allegro, nopeasti.
 
    [Italian: ‘cheerful’] Quick tempo.  Also used as a title for pieces
 in a quick tempo, especially the first and last movements of a sonata.
 
 
 See also
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    Seesonata.