| 释义 |
‖ ritardando Mus.|ritarˈdando|
Pl. ritardandi, -os.
[It., pr. pple. of ritardare to slow down.]
A musical direction indicating a gradual reduction of speed; as n. = retardation 3 b; a passage where this occurs.
1811Busby Dict. Mus. (ed. 3) Ritardando. (Ital.) An expression implying a slackening of the time. c1865E. Dickinson Poems (1955) II. 724 Dying at my music!.. Hold me till the Octave's run! Quick! Burst the Windows! Ritardando! 1889, etc. [see accelerando]. 1893, etc. [see allargando]. 1958Times 22 Nov. 9/3 He is inclined to begin his ritornelli faster than is comfortable to the soloists and at the end to draw out an absurd ritardando. 1966Listener 25 Aug. 286/1 This constant variation can be heard on many levels; in the brilliant interplay of pure unmixed tone-colours, in the fluctuations of tempo between fast and slow, accelerando and ritardando, and, in particular, in the rhythm. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 356/1 There must always be a reason and purpose for these slight accelerandos and ritardandos which we call rubato. |