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ritenuto

ADJECTIVE
  1. (music) gradually decreasing in tempo

How To Use ritenuto In A Sentence

  • (_ritenuto_ and _ritenente_) to indicate a definitely slower rate. Music Notation and Terminology
  • Back in the 18th century they often used the term lentando, and even today there are a number of directions that mean roughly the same thing, the closest being ritardando, and also ritenuto, which generally implies a more sudden slowdown. News
  • In sede di ricorso, che nel caso dovrà essere discusso nelle prossime due settimane, il provvedimento del gip potrebbe essere ritenuto illegittimo e quindi sospeso. The Pirate Bay - Blog
  • Come se i giornali statunitensi avessero ritenuto una notizia il fatto che Repubblica si fosse schierata per Veltroni. A Conservative Mind
  • _ritardando_ on the one hand, and _ritenuto_ and _ritenente_ on the other, considering the former (_rall. _ and _rit. _) to indicate a gradually slackening speed, and the latter Music Notation and Terminology
  • What of the conductor who fails to execute adequately the rallentando or the ritenuto markings on his musical score?
  • After the ritenuto the matter becomes more affecting; the sighs and groans, yet for a while kept under restraint, grow louder with the increasing agitation, till at last the whole being is moved to its very depths. Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician
  • Back in the 18th century they often used the term lentando, and even today there are a number of directions that mean roughly the same thing, the closest being ritardando, and also ritenuto, which generally implies a more sudden slowdown. News
  • The nut tree before the house puts forth its green leaves and sheds its fragrance; its blossoms are lovingly embraced by the soft breezes, whispering to each other two by two, and offer their heads to be kissed, nodding and bowing; the song must be sung with an equal fragrance, each musical phrase in one breath: that is, with six inaudible breathings, without ritenuto. How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst]
  • Now amidst forte and breathless speed the music whirls furiously in a wash of G-minor arpeggios until calando and smorzando signal the performer to slow, to ebb and finally to ritenuto to the sublime second theme of the Ballade.
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