larghetto

[ lahr-get-oh ]

adjective

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

noun

, plural lar·ghet·tos.

1. a larghetto movement.

larghetto

/ lɑːˈɡɛtəʊ /

adjective

1. to be performed moderately slowly

noun

1. a piece or passage to be performed in this way

Word History and Origins

Origin of larghetto¹

1715–25; < Italian, diminutive of largo largo

Word History and Origins

Origin of larghetto¹

Italian: diminutive of largo

Example Sentences

A composer writes a larghetto when he feels something like writing a largo but isn't, on the whole, quite up to it.

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Have you never shed a furtive tear—excuse my old-fashioned romanticism—over the bars of the B major Larghetto in the same work?

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There is an example of the latter in Chopin's Sonata I (the larghetto movement).

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The alto then takes up a larghetto in six-eight time, key D minor.

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The details of the larghetto must be studied (say, at the organ).

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