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Rubato   Listen
adjective
Rubato  adj.  Robbed; borrowed.
Temple rubato. (Mus.) Borrowed time; a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed.





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"Rubato" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the greatest importance in playing the music of Chopin is that of "tempo rubato." That does not mean, as many think, that the time is to be dislocated. It means permitting great liberty to the singing part or melody of the composition, while the accompaniment keeps rigorous time. ...
— On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music • Camille Saint-Saens


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