largo
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views updated Jun 08 2018lar·go / ˈlärgō/ Mus. •
adv. & adj. (esp. as a direction) in a slow tempo and dignified in style.•
n. (often Largo) (pl. -gos) a passage, movement, or composition marked to be performed in this way.
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Largo
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views updated Jun 27 2018Largo. ( Handel) Title universally applied to the many spurious, if pleasing, instr. arrs. of the aria
Ombra mai fù (which in fact is marked
larghetto), from
Handel's opera
Serse.
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Largo
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views updated May 21 2018Lar·go / ˈlärˌgō/ a resort city in west central Florida, southwest of Clearwater; pop. 65,674.
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largo
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views updated Jun 08 2018largo (It.). Broad. Slow, dignified in style;
largo di molto, very slow and dignified, etc.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE
