allegretto
Definition of the Italian term allegretto in music:
- moderately fast (70–150 beats per minute)
- movement, section, or piece marked allegretto
- short allegro movement
Language
Italian
Singular
allegretto
Plural
allegretti
Abbreviation
allgtto
Alt. abbreviations
allgttoalltto
Tempo analysis
An analysis of 100 recordings of classical works marked allegretto indicates that allegretto is typically performed at a tempo between 70 and 150 beats per minute (BPM). The average tempo is 110 BPM.
The diagram below shows the tempo of each recording. The dataset includes works from the 18th to 20th centuries, where available, with no more than three recordings of the same work and no more than six by the same composer.
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19th century
20th century
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include allegretto:
Musical examples
Music scores that include allegretto:
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Clarinet Sonata (1921) Page 1
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël (1858) Page 1
- Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie (1885) Page 1
- Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite (1874‑1875) Page 2
- Franz Liszt: La Campanella (1851) Page 1
- Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 (1901‑1902) Page 1
- Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome (1924) Page 1
- Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller: Firenze (ca. 1915) Page 1
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo alla Turca (1783) Page 1
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to allegretto:
- andante – moderately slow (40–90 beats per minute)...
- camminando – walking, strolling, moving on, at a moderate pace
- discreto – discrete, moderate
- moderatamente – in moderate tempo...
- moderatissimo – very moderate tempo...
- moderato – moderate tempo (50–120 beats per minute)...
- posato – moderate, measured...
- temperatamente – moderately