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andantino

[ahn-dahn-tee-noh, an-dan-, ahn-dahn-tee-naw]

adjective

  1. slightly faster than andante.



noun

plural

andantinos 
,

plural

andantini .
  1. an andantino movement or piece.

andantino

/ ˌæԻæˈپːəʊ /

adjective

  1. (to be performed) slightly faster, or slightly more slowly, than andante

“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

noun

  1. a passage or piece to be performed in this manner

“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 andantino1

1810–20; < Italian, equivalent to andan ( te ) andante + -ino diminutive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of andantino1

C19: diminutive of andante
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Example Sentences

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In the middle andantino, Barnatan engaged in a playful dialogue with the instruments, and that colorful back-and-forth carried into the finale, where a jaunty and jubilant orchestra brought it all to a brilliant conclusion.

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The suite includes a delicate andantino and a kind of scattered scherzo conclusion.

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Uchida's manic intensity in this and the final rondo was terrifying to behold, relieved only momentarily by her deliciously liquid reading of the song-like andantino.

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Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto. µ Some, taking andante in its original sense of ½going,¸ and andantino as its diminutive, or ½less going,¸ define the latter as slower than andante.

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Yes, I think it IS very sweet—and very solemn and impressive, if you get the andantino and the pianissimo right.

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