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Larghetto

adjective
1.
(of tempo) less slow and broad than largo.





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"Larghetto" Quotes from Famous Books



... some commence with a slow movement followed by two quick movements.[25] (In one instance, in E. Bach's sonatas, the 1st Collection, No. 2, in F, we even find two slow movements followed by a quick one, Andante, Larghetto, Allegro assai.) But the greater number had the usual order:—Allegro or Allegretto, Andante or Adagio, and Allegro or Presto. Thus Hasse, Nichelmann, Benda, and other composers. Now in E. Bach's Wuertemberg sonatas we ...
— The Pianoforte Sonata - Its Origin and Development • J.S. Shedlock


Words linked to "Larghetto" :   composition, piece of music, slow, piece, musical composition, music, opus


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