Klarinet Archive - Posting 000241.txt from 2010/08

From: Joseph Fasel <jhfasel@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cantabile
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:43:33 -0400

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Joseph Wakeling
<joseph.wakeling@-----.net> wrote:
> (For comparison, "Adagio" carries a weight of stylistic implication that
> the literal English translation -- "slowly" -- doesn't. =A0That's why we
> can speak of "an Adagio" but not "a slowly"...:-)

Actually, "adagio" is not literally "slowly" (cf. "lento", "largo"),
but "at ease"; "leisurely" might be a reasonable translation.

Cheers,
--Joe
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