relatively slow(ly), but faster than largo: often used as a musical direction
Origin of larghetto
Italian from largo: see largonoun
pl. -·tos a larghetto movement or passage
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larghetto
Music
adverb
adjective
In a slow tempo, usually slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio. Used chiefly as a direction.
noun
pl. lar·ghet·tosA larghetto passage or movement.
Origin of larghetto
Italian diminutive of largo largo ; see largo .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
Noun
(uncountable)
- The larghetto tempo.
- Which tempo do you want, largo or larghetto?
- A composition or movement to be played larghetto.
- The larghetto from this suite is one of the composer's most evocative works.
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