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How is furioso played?
The performer plays furiously, with violent agitation, driving force and unrestrained intensity. Furioso is a character marking, often appended to a fast tempo (as in 'Allegro furioso') or used to mark a stormy climax within a movement. It pushes dynamics, attack and rhythmic energy to an extreme, evoking rage or tempest. The directive is among the strongest expressive words in the Italian vocabulary of agitation.
How does furioso sound?
Wild and violently agitated, with raging, unrestrained intensity.
In context
Furioso is defined in standard glossaries as 'furious'. It is an extreme character qualifier used to intensify a passage rather than a marking tied to one canonical work.