STRETTO


Meaning of STRETTO in English

/stret"oh/ , n. , pl. stretti /stret"ee/ , strettos . Music.

the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.

[ 1745-55; strictus. See STRICT, STRAIT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .