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rubato

rubato


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rubato  \Ru*ba"to\,  a.  [It.] 
  Robbed;  borrowed. 
 
  {Temple  rubato}.  [It.]  (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.