Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In a slow tempo, usually slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio. Used chiefly as a direction.
- noun A larghetto passage or movement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, somewhat slow: noting a passage to be rendered in somewhat slow tempo; not so slow as largo, but usually slower than andante.
- noun A movement intended to be performed in somewhat slow tempo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mus.) Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as
largo , and rather more so thanandante .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective music Slower than
adagio but not as slow aslargo ; nearlyandantino . - noun The larghetto tempo.
- noun A composition or movement to be played larghetto.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio
- adjective (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Italics are indicated by two underscores, e.g. _larghetto_.
Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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The second movement is a larghetto highly embroidered.
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But the whole work was written for the sake of the second movement, the _larghetto_, in which Jean-Christophe had depicted an ardent and ingenuous little soul, which was, or was meant to be, a portrait of Minna.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I Romain Rolland 1905
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This larghetto in A flat is a trifle too ornamental for my taste, mellifluous and serene as it is.
Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890
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This, too, despite the larghetto in five-four time.
Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890
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Nay, he goes even so far as to say that the passage-work is of the usual kind met with in the compositions of Hummel and his successors, and that the cantilena in the larghetto is in the jejune style of Hummel; the last movement also receives but scanty and qualified praise.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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These effects readily are discoverable in the larghetto of the Potocka concerto.
The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887
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Because of its beauty and its association with Delphine, I would suggest that the pianolist begin with this larghetto.
The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887
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The alto then takes up a larghetto in six-eight time, key D minor.
Music and Some Highly Musical People James M. Trotter 1867
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Give us the larghetto from Beethoven's second symphony.
Backlog Studies Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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