单词 | affettuoso |
释义 | affettuosoadj.adv.n. A. adj. 1. Music. Of a piece or style of music: performed with emotion or tenderness, usually at a fairly slow tempo; affecting, moving, tender; (as an indication of the tempo of a piece) fairly slow. Also used as a postmodifier to qualify other musical directions.When used as an indication of tempo, affettuoso usually falls between adagio adj. 1a and andante adj.In quot. 1790 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > expression > [adjective] > specific expression affettuoso1724 sostenuto1724 risoluto1740 ariose1742 arioso1742 agitato?1775 legato1786 grandioso1787 staccato1806 trainante1818 leggiero1847 appassionato1869 martelé1876 martellato1876 pesante1900 misterioso1957 marcato1961 religioso1961 1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. 7 Affetto, or con affetto, or affettuoso, by which Words is signified, that the Musick must be performed in a very moving, tender, or affecting Manner, and therefore not too fast, but rather slow. 1790 A. Walker Ideas 162 The elders then began to reproach one another in allegro affettuoso. 1813 ‘H. Hornem’ Waltz 4 A..tune, that reminded me of the ‘Black Joke’, only more ‘affettuoso’. 1830 W. T. Parke Musical Mem. I. 203 An imitation of the hog, by singing a delicate affettuoso passage. 1897 Musical Times 1 Aug. 517/1 The 3d begins with an incomparable Air, in the affettuoso style. 1961 Musical Times May 306/2 The slow movement, an andante in C.P.E's best affettuoso style. 1998 M. Notley in S. E. Hefling 19th-cent. Chamber Music (2004) vi. 271 The shape of the Adagio affettuoso of the Cello Sonata reflects his growing fascination with the nuances of how firmly a key is established. 2. In extended use: characterized by the qualities associated with affettuoso music, such as emotion, tenderness, etc. ΚΠ 1762 G. Colman Musical Lady ii. 23 There is something so tender—so affettuoso in your manner. 1790 R. Tyler Contrast ii. 67 Every possible display of jocularity, from an affettuoso smile, to a piano titter. 1872 J. W. De Forest Kate Beaumont vii. 29 His utterance was soft and cajoling, running through a wide gamut of affettuoso tones, a favorite close being high soprano or falsetto. 1962 Times 2 Feb. 13/3 Ornate and affettuoso composer. 2004 D. Heartz From Garrick to Gluck vii. 117 That he should choose such a piece for a musical emblem is not out of keeping with what we know from other sources of his affettuoso nature. With feeling, tenderly; (Music) in an affettuoso style. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for other expression grave1683 cantabile1724 maestoso1724 staccato1724 legato1740 soavemente1740 tenuto1762 amoroso?1765 spiritoso1767 pomposo1786 scherzando1786 strepitoso1801 grazioso1806 mesto1806 risoluto1817 tripsomely1819 alla marcia1823 energico1824 flautando1825 giocoso1828 grandioso1829 religioso1829 largamente1837 marcato1840 flautato1842 leggiero1851 tranquillo1854 appassionato1857 lamentoso1876 misterioso1876 parlando1876 pesante1876 scherzandissimo1876 affettuoso1879 arioso1879 quasi parlato1908 martellato1928 agitato1944 soave1959 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide (ed. 2) ix. ii. 70 'Tis this that makes my Chloe's Lips Ambrosial Sweets distil; Affettuoso. 1790 A. Walker Ideas 162 She answered him affetuoso in such a manner as might have satisfied most husbands; but he expressed his doubts in pizzicato, and she was upon the point of destroying herself. 1879 Atlantic Monthly July 115/2 The performers do not undertake to play opera airs affetuoso and con expressione. C. n. Music. An affettuoso style; an affettuoso movement, part, or piece. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun] feeling?c1400 tendernessc1440 heart1557 nicety1583 toucha1586 apprehension1605 tender-heartedness1607 sensibility1609 sensibleness1613 acuteness1644 exquisiteness1650 susceptivity1722 sensation1744 soul1748 susceptibility1753 sensitivity1773 sensitiveness1788 affettuoso1791 sensibilité1817 soulfulness1842 mild-heartedness1849 susceptiveness1873 sensitivism1877 tender-mindedness1907 1791 H. Whitfield Villeroy II. 14 The symphony is fine, but rather too much in the Affettuoso. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 57 The tender, soothing strains, in the affettuoso of humanity. 1817 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr. Decameron III. 18 His voice was soft, and he had a sort of jirk in its cadensa—somewhere between the affettuoso and adagio. 1882 J. S. Blackie Altavona vii. 405 The same [man]; in the affettuoso and the spiritoso equally a master. 1966 E. R. Reilly tr. J. J. Quantz On Playing Flute xvii. 231 A Maestoso, Pomposo, Affetuoso, or Adagio spiritoso must be played seriously, and with a rather heavy and sharp stroke. 1991 Gramophone Jan. 1385/3 I find their affetuoso just a little cloying at times—notably in the Andante's major key variation—but the trio in the Scherzo has a real lilt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.n.1724 |
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