Definition of agitato in English:
agitato
adjective & adverb ˌadʒɪˈtɑːtəʊ
Music (especially as a direction) agitated in manner.
Example sentencesExamples
- The long middle movement, marked allegro agitato, and associated by Bloch with Yom Kippur, has an intense and clamorous opening but the mood alternated between that and pensive intervals.
- The same goes for the Allegretto fantastico which is also quite ravishing and all is rounded off in a Molto allegro agitato that brings the work to an extremely satisfying conclusion.
- Strindberg's stage directions instruct the mother to listen agitatedly to the Fantaisie-Impromptu, matching the agitato marking of the music.
- The sheer tempestuousness with which Burstein attacked the furious cascade of notes in the Presto agitato brought Beethoven's music right into the 21st century.
- The Allegro agitato is a study in broken symmetry.
Origin
Italian, literally 'agitated'.
Rhymes
Ambato, castrato, esparto, inamorato, legato, moderato, obbligato (US obligato), ostinato, pizzicato, rubato, staccato, tomato, vibrato, Waikato
Definition of agitato in US English:
agitato
adverb & adjectiveˌajəˈtädō
Music (especially as a direction after a tempo marking) in an agitated manner.
Example sentencesExamples
- The sheer tempestuousness with which Burstein attacked the furious cascade of notes in the Presto agitato brought Beethoven's music right into the 21st century.
- The same goes for the Allegretto fantastico which is also quite ravishing and all is rounded off in a Molto allegro agitato that brings the work to an extremely satisfying conclusion.
- Strindberg's stage directions instruct the mother to listen agitatedly to the Fantaisie-Impromptu, matching the agitato marking of the music.
- The Allegro agitato is a study in broken symmetry.
- The long middle movement, marked allegro agitato, and associated by Bloch with Yom Kippur, has an intense and clamorous opening but the mood alternated between that and pensive intervals.
Origin
Italian, literally ‘agitated’.