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From volume 3 of the work.

2234231A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — PrestissimoJ. A. Fuller-Maitland


​PRESTISSIMO, 'very quickly,' indicates the highest rate of speed used in music. It is used, like Presto, generally for the whole movement, which is as a rule the finale. Examples in Beethoven's sonatas are, Op. 2, No. 1, and Op. 53. It is used for the second movement of Op. 109.
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