attacca

[ uh-tah-kuh, uh-tak-uh; Italian aht-tahk-kah ]

verb

, (used as an imperative)

1. begin immediately (directing a performer to go without pause to the next section).

Word History and Origins

Origin of attacca¹

< Italian: imperative of attaccare to attack

Example Sentences

Stylistic innovations, relative to the Burnsean oeuvre, are promised, including split screen images; sounds and pictures from the future Da Vinci anticipated; a score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, performed by contemporary ensembles Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion and Roomful of Teeth; and sonorous Keith David stepping in for tumbleweed-dry Peter Coyote as narrator.

From Los Angeles Times

A centerpiece is Tan Dun’s “Ghost Opera,” which Wu made famous with the Kronos Quartet in the 1990s and will perform here with the Attacca Quartet — accompanied by a dance choreographed by PeiJu Chien-Pott, a Martha Graham alumna from Taiwan.

From Los Angeles Times

It begins with “Bach, Monks and Shakespeare Meet in Water,” all of which make it perfect for a staging at this everything-goes festival that will also feature the Attacca Quartet and Wu Man.

From Los Angeles Times

He followed the “Don Giovanni” Overture, attacca, with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 — treating them as one, and emphasizing their shared dark-to-light journeys from D minor to major.

From New York Times

The relentlessly compelling chamber ensemble led by artistic directors Efi Hackmey and Carrie Bean Stute kicks off its fall season by playing host for two nights to Attacca Quartet.

From Washington Post