rallentando
\ rah-luhn-TAHN-doh; It. rahl-len-TAHN-daw \, adjective;
1.
slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).
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Quotes:
Sir Norman, a marked rallentando there please, a marked rallentando there. Professor Sevchik always insisted. It is consequent and logical as well as pleasing to the ear and that passage following should be taken like this.
-- Ralph Cusack, Cadenza , 1958
On the other hand, he would become quite depressed if he had to stop in the middle of a verse, and he was quite capable of rowing rallentando if he desired to synchronise his two conclusions.
-- Ian Hay, A Man's Man , 1909
Origin:
Rallentando is the Italian gerund of the word rallentare , which means "to slow down."
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