TOSTO. Più tosto‘ (plutôt) is an expression occasionally used by Beethoven, as in the second of the Sonatas for PF. and cello (op. 5)—‘Rather than the Madonna del Granduca shall leave Florence,
’ said Cavour. ‘Piutosto mifaccio fare la guerra.
’ (Times of June 12, 1884, p. 8a.)Allegro molto, più tosto presto
’; or the second of the three Sonatas for PF. and violin (op. 12)—‘Andante, più tosto Allegretto.
’ The meaning in these cases is ‘...
