allegro

  1. Noun.  (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
  2. Noun.  (music) In more traditional use, an expressive marking indicating lively or happily, not necessarily quick or fast.
  3. Noun.  (music) A passage having this mark.
  4. Adverb.  (music) played in a quick, lively tempo.
  5. Adjective.  (music) describing a passage having this mark.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.