mosso – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term mosso in music:

moved, animated, agitated

Language

Italian

Singular

mosso (m)mossa (f)

Plural

mossi (m)mosse (f)

Italian musical terms that include mosso:

agitato e più mosso – agitated and more moving
allegro mosso – fast and moving...
allegro piu mosso – fast and more moved...
ancora più mosso – even more moving
andante mosso – moderately slow with movement...
andantino mosso – slightly faster than andante and moved...
doppio più mosso – twice as fast
ma poco più mosso – but a little more moving
meno mosso – slower at once...
molto mosso – very moved
più mosso – more moving
più mosso agitato – more moving and agitated, more moving and restless
più mosso ancora – more moved (faster) again
più mosso assai – much more moved (faster)
più mosso subito – suddenly more moved (faster)
poco a poco meno mosso – gradually less moving
poco a poco più mosso – gradually more moving
poco meno mosso – a little less moving
poco mosso – a little moved
poco più mosso – a little more moving
quasi meno mosso – almost less moved (slower)
risoluto e mosso – resolute and moving
sempre più mosso – always more moving
un poco meno mosso – a little less moved
un poco mosso – somewhat moving
un poco più mosso – somewhat more moving

Music scores that include mosso:

Claude Debussy: 2 Arabesques (1890‑1891) Page 3
Franco Alfano: Suite romantica (1910) Page 5
Frank Bridge: 6 Organ Pieces (1910‑1912) Page 2
Franz Liszt: Consolations (1849–50) Page 2
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 (1835) Page 3
Haydn Wood: A Brown Bird Singing (1922) Page 4
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (1830) Page 2
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (1910‑1913) Page 2
Jules Massenet: Méditation (1894‑1898) Page 1
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Page 5

Italian musical terms related to mosso:

agitamento – agitation...
agitando – agitation...
agitata – agitated, restless
agitatamente – agitatedly, restlessly
agitato – agitated, restless
agitazione – agitation, unrest
concitamento – agitation
concitando – becoming agitated, becoming excited
concitato – agitated, excited
concitazione – agitation
febbrile – feverish, restless
irrequieto – restless, nervous
smania – agitation, restlessness
smaniare – to be agitated, to be restless