stretto

A close succession or overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, especially in the final section.

A final section, as of an opera, performed with an acceleration in tempo to produce a climax.

In music: In a fugue, that division in which the entrances of the answer are almost immediately after those of the subject, so that the two overlap, producing a rapidly cumulative effect.

In dramatic music, a quickening of the tempo at the end of a movement for the sake of climax.

The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue.

In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time.

The presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue, especially towards the end.

An acceleration in the tempo of an opera that produces an ending climax.

With gradually increasing speed.

Having gradually increasing speed.