Meaning & use
Religioso
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In a solemn, devout, or reverent manner, used as a musical direction for how a passage should be performed.
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The conductor asked the choir to sing the final hymn religioso, softening every phrase.
Marked religioso in the score, the adagio movement calls for restrained, prayerful phrasing.
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Like many performance directions, "religioso" is borrowed directly from Italian and appears untranslated in scores worldwide.
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