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andante
/ɑnˈdɑn(ˌ)teɪ/
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What does andante mean?
noun
- A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
- A passage having this mark.
adverb
- Played at a moderately slow tempo.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- Describing a passage having this mark.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɑnˈdɑn(ˌ)teɪ/
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A man that astonishes at first, soon makes people impatient if he does not continue in the same andante key.
From the dusty and melancholy olive trees rises a mighty, throbbing hum, a great andante whose executants have the whole sweep of woods for their orchestra.
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“So may you paint your picture, twice show truth, beyond mere imagery on the wall,-- so, note by note, bring music from your mind, deeper than ever the Andante dived,--so write a book shall mean beyond the facts, suffice the eye and save the soul beside.”
This climax--delayed for a few moments by an andante aria for a contralto voice, "The Lord is faithful and righteous"--at last bursts upon us with a superb crescendo of strings, and the words, "Awake, thou that sleepest, arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."