Re: [abcusers] Tempo indicators

[Frank Nordberg]

Laurie Griffiths wrote:
> 
> Largo is slower than Lento.  Odd because "Lento" actually means "Slow" so
> you'd think that would be the one, whereas "Largo" means "broad".

It's important to realize that the "absolute" definitions of the old
tempo indications were determined more than a century after their
introduction by a watchmaker with little or no musical experience. (He
probably didn't speak Italian too well either. ;-)


Frank Nordberg
http://www.musicaviva.com

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