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，他一些音乐术语，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。

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来了。乐队到齐，铜锣、堂锣、快板、竖笛、小铜鼓、大洋鼓都地地吹打起来了。

He only likes the jig or bawdy tale.

他只喜欢快板舞或淫秽的故事。

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， 但他们都能理解。

I always preferred andante to presto anyway.

而且我也一直喜欢慢板胜于快板。