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stret⋅ta

  [stret-uh]
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–noun, plural stret⋅te  [stret-ey] , stret⋅tas. Music.
a concluding passage played at a faster tempo.
Origin:
1875–80; < It; fem. of stretto
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stret·ta   (strět'ə)   
n.   pl. stret·te (strět'ā) or stret·tas
See stretto.

[Italian, feminine of stretto, stretto; see stretto.]
stret·to   (strět'ō)   
n.   pl. stret·ti (strět'ē) or stret·tos Music

  1. A close succession or overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, especially in the final section.

  2. A final section, as of an opera, performed with an acceleration in tempo to produce a climax. Also called stretta.


[Italian, narrow, stretto, from Latin strictus, strict; see strict.]
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