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moderato

[ mod-uh-rah-toh ]

adjective

, Music.
  1. moderate; in moderate time.


moderato

/ ˌmɒdəˈrɑːtəʊ /

adverb

  1. at a moderate tempo
  2. (preceded by a tempo marking) a direction indicating that the tempo specified is to be used with restraint

    allegro moderato

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of moderato1

1715–25; < Italian < Latin moderātus moderate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of moderato1

C18: from Italian, from Latin moderātus; see moderate
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Example Sentences

In the first long movement (an Allegro moderato) there is no repeat.

The opening moderato e cantabile is a tone-poem of touching pathos.

Dahn interprets 'moderato ordine,' 'not so absolutely as the Roman clergy desires.'

There are men in the prime of life, of a lymphatic temperament, whose blood seems to circulate moderato.

The last of the six movements—an Allegro Moderato, with Variations (very pretty)—resembles a tune for a musical box.

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