The musicians took up a position inside, and were vigorously performing on their gongs, tam–tams, flutes, bones, tambourines, and immense drums.

大门口的吹鼓手也撤到里头。乐队到齐，铜锣、堂锣、快板、竖笛、小铜鼓、大洋鼓都翻天覆地地吹打起。

He only likes the jig or bawdy tale.

只喜欢快板或淫秽的故。

I always preferred andante to presto anyway.

我也一直喜欢慢板胜于快板。

So, things like allegro, allegretto, crescendo, diminuendo are all Italian words, which musicians understand, even though they're not in their own language.

所以， 像 Allegro（快板）、Allegretto（小快板）、Crescendo（渐强）、Diminuendo（渐弱）这样的术语都是意大利语词汇，尽管它们不是音乐家自己的语言， 但们都能理解。

Beethoven wrote in an 1817 letter that he wanted to drop musical terms like " allegro" for fast, " andante" for slow, or " presto" for extremely fast.

贝多芬在1817年的一封信中写道，想删除一些音乐术语，如表示快的快板乐曲、表示慢的行板乐曲或表示极快的急板乐曲。