With fire or fury.

With fire or fury.

• A. Con
• B. Con Brio
• C. Cantabile
• D. Con Fuoco

Answer: (D)

Con Fuoco conveys a fiery, intense character. When you see this marking, you’re intended to play with energetic urgency, strong attack, and a bold, spirited tone. The phrase “With fire or fury” is a direct sense of that idea, so the marking that matches it best is Con Fuoco. Con Brio also means with vigor, but it signals lively energy rather than the heightened, almost combative fire implied by Con Fuoco. Cantabile means in a singing, lyrical, smooth style, which is the opposite of fiery intensity. And a standalone Con is incomplete without a specific attribute to accompany it, so it doesn’t convey the intended mood by itself.

Con Fuoco conveys a fiery, intense character. When you see this marking, you’re intended to play with energetic urgency, strong attack, and a bold, spirited tone. The phrase “With fire or fury” is a direct sense of that idea, so the marking that matches it best is Con Fuoco.

Con Brio also means with vigor, but it signals lively energy rather than the heightened, almost combative fire implied by Con Fuoco. Cantabile means in a singing, lyrical, smooth style, which is the opposite of fiery intensity. And a standalone Con is incomplete without a specific attribute to accompany it, so it doesn’t convey the intended mood by itself.