A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Larghetto

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From volume 2 of the work.

1572564A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Larghetto

LARGHETTO, partaking, of the broad style of Largo, but about the same pace with Andante. Well-known instances of its use are the slow movements in Beethoven's 2nd Symphony and Violin Concerto.

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