stretto
Definition of the Italian term stretto in music:
- fast, quick
- tight, strict
- concluding passage performed in a faster tempo
- stretto (the overlapping of subject and answer in a fugue, with one entry starting before the previous ends)
Language
Italian
Singular
stretto (m)stretta (f)
Plural
stretti (m)strette (f)
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include stretto:
- agitato e stretto – agitated and fast
- legato e stretto – legato (smooth and connected notes) and fast
- più stretto – more accelerated
- stretto fugue – stretto fugue (fugue in which the answer begins be...
- stretto maestrale – stretto (the overlapping of subject and answer in ...
- stretto pedale – fast pedal (indicating a piano passage with freque...
Musical examples
Music scores that include stretto:
- Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor (1868) Page 11
- Frédéric Chopin: Etude in E major (1829‑32) Page 1
- Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major (1830‑1831) Page 2
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (1747) Page 12
- Pietro Mascagni: Iris (1898) Page 6
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to stretto: