con fuoco

[ kon fwaw-koh, foo-aw-, kohn; Italian kawn foo-aw-kaw ]

adverb

1. with great vigor and speed (used as a musical direction).

con fuoco

/ kɒn fuːˈəʊkəʊ /

adjective

1. music (to be performed) in a fiery manner

Word History and Origins

Origin of con fuoco¹

< Italian: literally, with fire

Word History and Origins

Origin of con fuoco¹

Italian: with fire

Example Sentences

The musical seed for all this couldn’t be simpler: not the theme for the main titles, but a lumbering, eight-chord motif that appears within it, and at the start of the “Strings Con Fuoco” cue.

From New York Times

Yankovskaya managed to restore some of the thunder in the triumphant fourth movement, “Allegro con fuoco.”

From Washington Post

Unusual in its structure, the striking piece begins with a fiery and highly rhythmic presto con fuoco, a notation directing the musicians to play “fast, with passion.”

From Los Angeles Times

In “Malina,” some of the narrator’s talk is embellished with musical notation—rubato, con fuoco, forte, fortissimo, and so on.

From The New Yorker

Andsnes’s pianissimo ending of the scherzo, his delicate articulation of the rising chord figures in the trio of the minuet, and his speed and clarity in the final presto con fuoco made this an entirely satisfying performance.

From Washington Post