a. and sb. Mus. [It. andantino, dim. of prec.]
A. adj. Of musical movement: orig. Rather slower than andante; but often taken to mean: With less of andante, i.e., rather quicker.
1819. Pantolog., Andantino, in music, gentle, tender, and somewhat slower than andante.
1833. Penny Cycl., I. 514. It … seems to be agreed, that andantino now shall signify a movement quicker than andante—that it shall be the medium between the latter and allegretto.
B. sb. A movement or piece of this description.
1845. E. Holmes, Mozart, 166, note. To this succeeds an andantino in the form of an entr’ acte.
