a tempo – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term a tempo in music:

in the preceding tempo (instruction to return to the previous tempo after deviating from it)

Language

Italian

Abbreviation

a tem.

Alt. abbreviations

a t.a temp.

Italian musical terms that include a tempo:

a tempo comodo – in comfortable tempo
a tempo di gavotta – at the tempo of a gavotte
a tempo di minuetto – at the tempo of a minuet
a tempo giusto – in strict time, in exact time
a tempo ordinario – in common time, 4/4...
a tempo primo – in the first tempo (the original tempo of the piec...
a tempo rubato – in free time (with freedom in tempo and rhythm, wi...
a tempo secondo – in the second tempo (the second tempo of the piece...
espressivo ma quasi a tempo – expressive but almost in the preceding tempo
quasi a tempo – almost in the preceding tempo
sempre a tempo – always in the preceding tempo

Music scores that include a tempo:

Arnold Schoenberg: Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene (1929‑1930) Page 1
Charles Koechlin: 4 Poèmes de La bonne chanson (1901‑1902) Page 1
Claude Debussy: Estampes (1903) Page 1
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor (1868) Page 1
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze: Violin Concerto No. 1 (ca. 1901) Page 1
Franz Liszt: Consolations (1849–50) Page 1
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor (1830) Page 1
Jules Massenet: Méditation (1894‑1898) Page 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Für Elise (1810) Page 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 (1804‑1806) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to a tempo:

a – at...
tempo – tempo...