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stretti

stretti is the plural of stretto.

Meaning of stretto

Noun

stretto (countable and uncountable, plural strettos or stretti)

  1. The presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue, especially towards the end.
    • In classical music there are, as the analytical programs tell us, first subjects and second subjects, free fantasias, recapitulations, and codas; there are fugues, with counter-subjects, strettos, and pedal points; there are passacaglias on ground basses, canons ad hypodiapente, and other...1902 [1898], [George] Bernard Shaw, The Perfect Wagnerite […] , second edition, London: Grant Richards, page 3
  2. An acceleration in the tempo of an opera that produces an ending climax.

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Questions about stretti

What is stretti the plural of?
Stretti is the plural of stretto.

Words near stretti in the dictionary

  1. stretcht
  2. stretchy
  3. Streten
  4. Stretford
  5. Stretham
  6. stretti
  7. stretto
  8. Stretton
  9. Stretton Westwood
  10. Stretton-on-Dunsmore
  11. Stretton-on-Fosse

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