Italian Tempo Markings
"Andante" redirects here. For other uses, see Andante (disambiguation). See also: Italian musical terms used in English and Glossary of musical terminologyThe definitions of the Italian tempo markings mentioned in this section can be found in the Harvard Dictionary of Music and/or the online Italian-English dictionary, both of which are listed in Sources.
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