larghetto

[ lahr-get-oh ]

/ lɑrˈgɛt oʊ /

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adjective, adverb

somewhat slow; not so slow as largo, but usually slower than andante.

noun, plural lar·ghet·tos.

a larghetto movement.

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Origin of larghetto

1715–25; <Italian, diminutive of largolargo

Words nearby larghetto

large-scale, large-scale integration, largess, largesse, large white, larghetto, lar gibbon, largish, largo, lari, Lariam

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How to use larghetto in a sentence

A composer writes a larghetto when he feels something like writing a largo but isn't, on the whole, quite up to it.
Bizarre|Lawton Mackall
Have you never shed a furtive tear—excuse my old-fashioned romanticism—over the bars of the B major Larghetto in the same work?
Old Fogy|James Huneker
There is an example of the latter in Chopin's Sonata I (the larghetto movement).
The Principles of English Versification|Paull Franklin Baum
The alto then takes up a larghetto in six-eight time, key D minor.
Music and Some Highly Musical People|James M. Trotter

The details of the larghetto must be studied (say, at the organ).
Beethoven's Symphonies Critically Discussed|Alexander Teetgen

British Dictionary definitions for larghetto

larghetto

/ (lɑːˈɡɛtəʊ) music /

adjective, adverb

to be performed moderately slowly

noun plural -tos

a piece or passage to be performed in this way

Word Origin for larghetto

Italian: diminutive of largo

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