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Definition of Larghetto

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

2. Noun. (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio.

Definition of Larghetto

1. a. & adv. Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

Definition of Larghetto

1. Adjective. (music) Slower than adagio but not as slow as largo; nearly andantino. ¹

2. Noun. The larghetto tempo. ¹

3. Noun. A composition or movement to be played larghetto. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Larghetto

1. [n -TOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Larghetto

largenesses largening largenose largens larger larger-than-life larger bindweed larger than life larges largess

largesse largesses largest larget largets larghetto (current term) larghettos larghissimo largifical largiloquent

largish largition largo largos lari lariat lariat ether lariated lariating lariats

Literary usage of Larghetto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1800)
"Now larghetto is certainly flower than andante larghetto, yet the quavers in the air are always performed full as quick ss the ..."

2. The Musical World (1882)
"CONTENTS OF BOOK I. PRATER Arcadelt ANDANTINO D major Batiste larghetto ... Beethoven larghetto Weber ANDANTE SOSTENUTO Mendelssohn CONTENTS OF BOOK VIII. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Music in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by Arthur Henry Mann, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1893)
"The first movement is printed larghetto, here it is written as 'Andante larghetto,' the word Adagio being crossed out. At the bottom of this first page (p. ..."

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