accompagnato

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noun

A tempo mark directing that a recitative is to be accompanied by the orchestra.

OriginItalian accompagnato →
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Meanings

nounaccompagnato (plural accompagnatos)

plural accompagnatos

  1. entertainmentA tempo mark directing that a recitative is to be accompanied by the orchestra.
  2. entertainmentA passage having this mark.
adverbaccompagnato (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentAccompanied by the orchestra.
adjectiveaccompagnato (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentDescribing a passage having this mark.

Origin

  1. Italianaccompagnato
  2. Englishaccompagnato

Borrowed from Italian accompagnato, past participle of accompagnare (“to accompany”).

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Chicago

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