allegro ma non troppo

US/əˈlɛɡɹo/

noun

A tempo mark lively but not too much

OriginItalian allegro →
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Meanings

noun
  1. entertainmentA tempo mark lively but not too much
  2. entertainmentA passage having this mark.
adverballegro ma non troppo (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentplayed in this manner .
adjectiveallegro ma non troppo (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentDescribing a passage having this mark.

Origin

  1. Italianallegro“fast”
  2. Englishallegro ma non troppo

From the Italian allegro (“fast”) ma (“but”) non (“not”) troppo (“too much”).

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Translations

French allegro ma non troppo
  • allegro ma non troppopassage played allegro, but not too much so
Polish allegro ma non troppo
  • allegro ma non troppopassage played allegro, but not too much so
Portuguese allegro ma non troppo
  • allegro ma non troppopassage played allegro, but not too much so
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Chicago

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