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adagio

/uh-dah-joh, -zhee-oh; Italian ah-dah-jaw/US // əˈdɑ dʒoʊ, -ʒiˌoʊ; Italian ɑˈdɑ dʒɔ //UK // (əˈdɑːdʒɪˌəʊ, Italian aˈdadʒo) music //

锛屾嚁瓒,锛屾嚁瓒瓒

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Music. in a leisurely manner; slowly.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Music. slow.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·da·gios.

    • : Music. an adagio movement or piece.
    • : Dance. a sequence of well-controlled, graceful movements performed as a display of skill.a duet by a man and a woman or mixed trio emphasizing difficult technical feats. a love-duet sequence in a pas de deux.

Examples

  • Kellow thinks “moved at a perfect adagio tempo that was nevertheless surprisingly novel and hardly ever dull.”

  • The coming of the storm (repetition of the theme which follows the adagio and the further development of it).

  • After the adagio from the First Symphony—also included in the programme—even a slight hissing was heard.

  • Karasowski says mistakingly that the movement referred to is the Adagio of the E minor Concerto.

  • And Schumann exclaims: "What are ten editorial crowns compared to one such Adagio as that in the second concerto!"

  • The Adagio is very fine in its way, but such is its cloying sweetness that one longs for something bracing and active.