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Largo   /lˈɑrgoʊ/   Listen
Largo

noun
1.
(music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner.





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"Largo" Quotes from Famous Books



... whom some of these historical facts are quoted, has been at great pains to trace the wanderings of the Quivira myth. Bandelier mentions an ancient New Mexican Indian called Tio Juan Largo, who told a Spanish explorer about the middle of the eighteenth century that Quivira was Tabira. Otherwise history is silent concerning the process by which the myth finally settled upon that historic city, far indeed from its authentic home in what now is Kansas. The fact stands, however, ...
— The Book of the National Parks • Robert Sterling Yard
... composition of Serse. Faramondo had only six performances, and Serse did not appear on the stage until April 15, when it ran for five nights only. It is remembered now, if at all, by the fact that the first song in it is the so-called "celebrated Largo," but the opera as a whole is of curious interest. "He was neither in health, prosperity, or spirits," says Burney, "when it was composed; appearances remain in his foul score [i.e. rough copy] of a mind disturbed, if not diseased. There are more passages, and even whole pages, cancelled in this ...
— Handel • Edward J. Dent


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


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