alla breve

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al=la bre=ve

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun alla breve has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

alla breve,  [It., according to the breve.].
     With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by 1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

alla breve, n. Mus. a time signature indicating 2 or 4 minim beats in a bar.

Etymology
It., = at the BREVE

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