"Moderato" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... allegretto, and of 6/4 allegro, therefore, are to be beaten like those of two in a bar:—[Symbol: two in a bar] or 2 or 2/4; the time, 9/8 allegro, should be beaten like that of three in a bar—3/4 moderato, or like that of 3/8 andantino; and the time, 12/8 moderato or allegro, like the time, simple four in a bar. But if the movement be adagio, largo assai, or andante maestoso, either all the quavers, or a crotchet followed ...
— The Orchestral Conductor - Theory of His Art • Hector Berlioz |
