leggiero


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leggiero

(lɛdʒˈɛərəʊ)
adv
(Classical Music) music nimbly, lightly
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E un "poliziotto-dilettante." Quando avviene un crimine e gli autori ne sono ignoti, e le ricerche delle autorita riescono infruttuose, ed i rei si credono sicuri dell'impunita, si chiama Sherlock Holmes, ed egli, da un leggiero indizio, riesce con una logica inflessibile a ricostruire la storia del delitto, ed acciuffa il colpevole" (Doyle, 1899: 4).
It was listed by Laura Kraker of Exit Realty Achieve and sold by Andrew Leggiero and Steven Maier of Realty Connect USA LI.
The author thanks Megan Cohen, Kara Masciangelo, Mary Tao, Julie Sager, Lucy Leggiero, Philip Wallach, the librarians at the Carter Glass Archives at the University of Virginia, and two anonymous referees for help with assembling archival materials and for comments on earlier drafts.
The piece is in ABA form, with gentle, lyrical outer sections contrasting an Allegro moderato middle section marked leggiero. The range of the piece is conservative, spanning g to d".
They are: Elizabeth Irwin, Georgetown University; Katherine Leggiero, George Mason University; and Melissa Skorka, University of Oxford.
From the bel canto repertoire, one might consider two lovely tenor leggiero arias: "Se il mio nome" (Count Almaviva) ([E.sub.3]-[A.sup.[flat].sub.4]) from Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini, or "Quanto e bella, quanto e cara" (Nemorino) ([E.sub.3]-[A.sub.4]) from L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti.
Later in the program he sang another gut-buster, "E lucevan e stele" from Puccini's "Tosca," an aria from Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," and an encore from Verdi's "Il Trovatore," where he demonstrated his recent transition from a leggiero tenor to spinto tenor with a sizzling timbre and astonishing high notes (albeit a bit pushed and over-extended) to great audience acclaim.
At the event, guests and the hotel's team members were serenaded with festive Christmas carols by the Philippine Madrigal Singers and the Leggiero Strings.
His powerful tenor leggiero vocal range is a key factor of the Florida band's sound, and he could rival the Bee Gees with his soaring falsetto.
Invece non vorrei confidarmi con il Carpi perche ha due anni meno di me ed e d'animo troppo leggiero. Quando mi racconta che a Firenze era amico anche di qualche canzonettista, io mi stacco subito da lui e gli dico che mi parli d'altro.
Part III (1950 version), marked Presto leggiero ([??] = ca.
Quest'e colui the leggiero, in altrui non rivolgera l'amore.