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  • n  a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat

  • When a critic complained that he could not follow her in a certain rubato, she thought, "I am perfectly happy, alone with my rubato.
  • A molding movement of the handsas though shaping an invisible clay vasebrought an exquisite rubato.
  • While Duo II (violin and viola) was playing six movements in the strictest of tempos, Duo I (violin and cello) was playing four movements in a very free rubato style.

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