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stret⋅to

  [stret-oh]
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–noun, plural stret⋅ti  [stret-ee] , stret⋅tos. Music.
the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
Origin:
1745–55; < It: lit., narrow < L strictus. See strict, strait
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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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