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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

andante

/ahn-dahn-tey, an-dan-tee; Italian ahn-dahn-te/US // ɑnˈdɑn teɪ, ænˈdæn ti; Italian ɑnˈdɑn tɛ //UK // (ænˈdænteɪ) music //

序曲,渐进式,慢板,颂歌

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : moderately slow and even.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural an·dan·tes.

    • : an andante movement or piece.

Examples

  • The andante is a little dry, but just on that account very characteristic—as reminiscent of the days of powder and patches.

  • You have made a transition from the frolicsome allegretto of the bachelor to the heavy andante of the father of a family.

  • The "Andante" played by Chopin was of course the middle movement of one of his concertos.

  • The Andante was therefore excluded and its place supplied by the interesting Introduction to the Rondo which it now has.

  • Themes for the Allegro, Andante and Scherzo are found in sketchbooks belonging, at the very latest, to the years 1800 and 1801.

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