Klarinet Archive - Posting 000985.txt from 2001/01

From: Jim Bartram <jbartram@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] lento vs. adagio
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:43:16 -0500

At 07:14 PM 1/30/01 -0800, William Wright wrote:
> My dictionaries suggest that the difference between adagio and
>lento is more a matter of mood than of tempo, but my dictionaries don't
>elaborate.
>
> Can anyone help me out?

I checked my Italian dictionary for clues here. "Adagio" seems to have the
connotation of slowly as in carefully or leisurely, while "Lento" appears
to be somewhat simpler -- slowly. I think perhaps that the difference is
not so much in tempo, but as you point out, in affect. In the end of the
day you would end up thinking about how to play in a careful or leisurely
or relaxed way, versus just slowly.

--Jim

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