risolutissimo

adj. (re-so-loo-tis'-si-mo) It. ritardando (re-tar-dan'-do) It. part. Retarding; delaying; lingering: Very resolute; firm. gradually growing slower in speed. risoluto (re-so-loo-to) It. adj. Synonym of rallentando. ritard. Abbr. ritar., Resolved; resolute; determined; firm, ritar dare (re-tar-da'-re) It. v. risoluzione (re-so-loo-tsT-6'-ne) It. n. To retard: grow slower in time. Resolution; solution; decision; de- Synonym of rallentare. termination, ritard a to (re-tar-da'-to) It. adj. risonante (re-so-nan'-te) It. adj. Retarded; delayed: gradually slack- Resonant; resounding; ringing; sonorous, tato. ened in speed. Synonym of rallenrisonanza (re-so-nan'-tsa) It. n. ritard azione (re-tar-dats-T-o'-ne) It. n. Resonance. The synonym of risuo- Retardation: slackening the time. nanza. ritardo (re-tar'-do) It. n. risonare (re-so-na'-re) It. v. Delay: a gradual slackening of To sound, resound, re-echo; ring, speed, a retard. In harmony a susboom, pension, same as one meaning of rerisposta (res-pos-ta) It. n. tardation. Synonym of rallentamente. Answer or consequent; the reply ritardo un pochettino to a subject, pro post a, of a fugue or po-ket-te'-no) It. (re-tar'-do oon canon; the imitation of a preceding A very slight retard. musical phrase or sentence, theme, ritenendo (re-ta-nen'-do) It. part. subject or antecedent. Equivalent to Retaining; detaining; holding back: reponse (Fr.). in a strict sense, making the time im- Ri (ris) Ger. n. mediately slower, but it is very often Crack; gap; break. used as a synonym or rallentando and ritardando. Ri in der Stimme (ris' In dar shtim'- me) Ger ritenente (re-ta-nen'-te) It. adj. The break in the voice caused by Retaining; holding back; retarding. 462 443 ritenuto Roger de Coverley sacred black bull, was also honored ritenuto (re-ta-noo'-to) It. adj. by ritual dances, and funeral ballets Retained; detained; held back; retarded. Abbr. rit., riten. were performed in event of his death, ritmato (ret-ma'-to) It. adj. river be ramen to It. n. (re-ver-be-ra-men'-to) Rhymed; rhythmized: ben ritmato, well measured, with good rhythm. Reverberation. Also written ritmico, mas. river so (re-ver'-s5) It. adj. ritmo (ret-mo) It. n. Reversed, inverted; turned upside Rhythm; cadence; measure, down; reverse, retrograde, or conritmo di battute (ret-mo de bat-too'- trary motion, by which an ascending te) It. interval in the leading part is Literally, rhythm of the beat. A answered in another part by a corresign with figures over 2, 3 sponding descending interval and vice vers a, or the imitation of the subject it to indicate centing the ac- ~\f ~\f ~\/' of a definite backward note for note in the answer. series of measures for the purpose of Also the reversion of the entire piece emphasizing the rhythm, by singing it with music turned upside ritornando (re-tor-nan'-do) It. part. down, or by beginning with some Returning; coming back; restoring other than the original leading part, it the time: repeating. In the first sense becoming one of the answering parts: it is equivalent to rimettendo. both devices are found in old music ritornare (re-tor-na'-re) It. v. during the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and To return; come back; repeat. Seventeenth Centuries. See rovescio. ritornato (re-tor-na'-to) It. adj. rivolgimento (re-vol-yi-men'-to) It. of n. Returned; repeated, Changing, reversing or inverting ritornello (re-tor-nel'-lo) It. n. the parts in double counterpoint. For 1. A little repeat, a short pa age in instance, the soprano part appearing which part of the main air appears; a in the ba and the ba in the refrain. A short instrumental pre soprano in such a way that the harlude, interlude or postlude in vocal mony is not destroyed. music. Called also zinfonia. rivoltare (re-vol-ta'-re) It. v. 2. Applied to the full, tutti, parts To turn over; change; invert. before, between or after the solo pa ages of a concerto. The term is rivoltato (re-vol-ta'-to) It. adj. Turned; changed; inverted. round m the earliest operas and orarivolto (re-vol'to) It. n. torios at the beginning of the Six- Change; inversion. Synonym of teenth Century, and was not used rivolgimento