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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Giusto

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From volume 1 of the work.

1504563A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — GiustoGeorge GroveGeorge Grove


GIUSTO, correct, suitable—'Tempo giusto,' in suitable time; as the fugues in Israel in Egypt, 'Egypt was glad,' 'He led them through the deep'; and also 'Thy right hand, Lord,' and 'The horse and his rider.' Also used in the sense of 'strict,' to restore the time after a tempo rubato.

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