appassionaton.adv.adj.

1838 Musical World 23 Feb. 120 The appassianato, which concludes this composition, is but a slight elaboration of the primal thought.

1845 Era 4 May 3/3 I touched off, ‘I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls’ and be sure I turned on the appassionato when I came to that sentence where I assured her that ‘I also dreamt (which pleased me most) that she loved me still the same’.

1864 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 24 Dec. 367/2 The first and last movements may have seemed too long to many; and indeed they are long, considering to what an intense pitch the appassionato is strained up.

1902 Etude Oct. 376/3 Long strokes, and an exceedingly supple wrist, are naturally the first requirements of the Appassionato.

1994 Guardian 8 Apr. ii. 13/1 An ideal voice for the sophisticated concluding appassionato.

2008 Music Anal. 27 289 The appassionato at bars 56–57 is but one site of potential interest, as minor shifts by a third to major once again, and in a strikingly new way.

1857 N.-Y. Musical Rev. & Gaz. 2 May 131/2 It is true, he did not play appassionata enough; but we do not think the piece would have sounded much better on the instrument he used, even if played with vigor and spirit.

1891 Monthly Packet Oct. 428 There was a particular passage in this (‘Sommo Iddio’) which Jenny took differently from any other singer, ‘appassionato’ instead of ‘cantabile.’

1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 289/2 They have, like Senator Reed, of Pennsylvania, fallen upon him appassionato.

1951 P. I. Wellman Iron Mistress 251 Nearer, the sound of a short-bodied Mexican guitar, and a tenor voice singing appassionato.

2013 T. Decker Show Boat i. iv. 89 The pair holds the final note for an additional few bars while the orchestra plays appassionato and fortissimo beneath them.

1869 Musical Times Nov. 275/2 The appassionato passage for the violin, with a syncopated Pianoforte accompaniment, is extremely effective.

1880 Theatre 1 Apr. 249 There is a brief return to the original form of the melody, and then a change to the key of E major.., leading up to an appassionato climax.

1922 Musical Q. 8 187 Almost as noteworthy is the succeeding appassionato movement in duple time.

1950 Times 15 Feb. 2/6 His treatment of the opening movement lacks the essence of appassionato playing.

2012 D. McHugh Loverly v. 132 There's no thudding trombone to lead into the singing this time..but lyrical clarinets and an appassionato violin solo instead.