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ad. In a manner that is sustained as long as or beyond a note's full value. Used chiefly as a direction.

n. A sostenuto passage or movement.

ad. played in a sustained manner beyond the notes normal value

n. A note or passage marked to be sustained

adj. Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted.

In music, sustained; prolonged: sometimes merely the same as tenuto, and sometimes implying in addition a slight reduction of speed. Abbreviated sost.

"It also refers to marriage as a "wild sostenuto of the heart," a phrase I use as an anchor point in romantic conversations with my wife."

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canto    rubato    Xe    andante    soddisfatta    qualunque    fatte    deta    trono    grado