tempo
Definition of the French term tempo in music:
- tempo
Language
French
Singular
tempo
Plural
tempos
Combinations
French musical terms that include tempo:
- revenez au 1 tempo – return to the first tempo
- tempo animé – lively tempo
Musical examples
Music scores that include tempo:
- Claude Debussy: Suite Bergamasque (1890‑1905) Page 1
- Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 (1886) Page 6
- Georges Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 (1872) Page 1
- Georges Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (1879) Page 5
- Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (1830) Page 3
- Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (1910‑1913) Page 1
- Léo Delibes: Lakmé (1883) Page 12
- Maurice Ravel: Boléro (1928) Page 2
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (1875‑76) Page 14
- Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag (1899) Page 2