单词 | largo |
释义 | largoadv.n.adj. Music. A. adv. As a musical direction: in slow time and with a broad, dignified treatment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [adverb] > specific tempo largo1683 allegrettoc1710 allegro1721 furioso1823 precipitato1876 ricky-tick1942 up tempo1948 1683 H. Purcell Sonnatas of III Parts To Rdr. Presto Largo, Poco Largo, or Largo by it Self. 1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xii. 405 6\\4 is always allegro, and would have no agreeable Air if it were performed adagio or largo. 1789 Analyt. Rev. Sept. 111 The overture..consists of three movements ; the first in common-time of four crotchets in a bar, allegro con spirito ; the second, 3/4, largo e sempre. 1800 Monthly Mag. Jan. 941/2 Adagio is by others considered as denoting a slower time than largo. 1843 J. Hullah Gram. Vocal Music xi. 26 Largo, or Lento, or Grave: very slow and solemn. 1909 C. F. A. Williams Rhythm Mod. Music ii. 28 A group of four such units played largo, for example, may occupy six or eight times the amount of time that is taken to perform a similar group in a prestissimo movement. 1991 Classic CD Dec. 12/3 An identical meaning is given—‘slow and broad’—to both largo and adagio. B. n. A movement, passage, or piece of music played or performed largo. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for tempo adagio1680 presto1680 vivace1683 largo1702 allegrettoc1710 allegro1721 larghetto1724 lent1724 lento1724 moderato1724 prestissimo1724 stretto1740 a tempo1740 lentamente1762 accelerando1784 rallentando1786 ritardando1806 ritenuto1826 rit.1833 rapido1841 stringendo1853 lentando1854 allargando1873 rall.1876 trascinando1876 animato1879 largando1883 mässig1884 più mosso1931 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > specific tempo > passage at vivace1683 largo1702 agitato1797 allegretto1877 1702 H. Hall in H. Purcell Orpheus Britannicus: 2nd Bk. p. ii/2 Well were it, if the World woul'd lay Embargo's On such Allegro's and such Poco Largo's. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Largo, in the Italian music, a slow movement, one degree quicker than grave and two than adagio. 1821 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. 3 41 The first movement is neither a cantabile nor a largo. 1880 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 6 June (1956) VII. 297 Our delightful occupations have a largo which spreads them over all the large spaces of the day. 1907 L. Gilman Stories Symphonic Music 93 The symphony in E minor..is not programme-music, except in so far as its slow movement is concerned—the Largo in D-flat major. 1969 Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 17/2 In Dvorak's ‘New World’ Symphony..Mr. Rowicki's sang froid beat secured unanimous chording at such crucial points as the start of the Largo. 2004 Opera Now Mar. 31/3 The postlude is broadened so that the famous number ends as a largo. C. adj. Slow and dignified; (of a passage, movement, or composition) marked to be performed largo. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [adjective] > specific tempo runningc1440 pronto1724 adagio1729 andante1742 amoroso1764 tittuping1772 allegretto1783 allegro1794 largo1795 andantino1819 furioso1823 adagietto1841 accelerando1842 rubato1846 bright1872 mosso1876 ritenuto1876 vivace1922 motoric1937 mouvementé1938 tranquillo1939 up tempo1948 downtempo1957 1795 T. Hurlstone Crotchet Lodge i. ii. 18 Let your servant lead our horses round, while we walk and rante, and you accompany us through the grove to Crotchet Lodge, in a true largo movement. 1808 Universal Mag. Apr. 342/1 We have this month room only to notice the Overture of this famous Opera; which grand composition commences with a largo movement in the key of D minore. 1888 Harper's Mag. Dec. 48/1 The outline of his long boat-horn caught his eye, and picking it up he sounded its winding largo voice. 1921 Music & Lett. 2 336 Broadly speaking, the second of these elements is represented in the Largo passages of the introduction and in the melody of the first subject which they prepare for. 1946 H. Weinstock Handel 316 In Scene 2, Orlando (Senesino) enters, and to the accompaniment of the bassi (and at times solely the cellos) sings a largo cavatina. 2004 D. F. Wallace Oblivion 275 Her largo pulse was visible in the trembling of her bust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.adj.1683 |
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