Page:Essentials in Conducting.djvu/62

50 larghissimo (superlative of largo) adagissimo(superlative of adagio) lentissimo (superlative of lento)

largo (from Latin largus, meaning broad, large) adagio (at ease) lento (slow)

larghetto (diminutive of largo) adagietto (diminutive of adagio)

andante (going or walking) andantino (diminutive of andante and therefore meaning literally "going less," but because of a misconception of meaning now often understood as meaning slightly faster than andante)

moderato

allegro (cheerful) allegretto (diminutive of allegro; a little slower than allegro)

con moto (with motion) vivo (lively) vivace (vivacious) presto (quick) presto assai (very quick)

prestissimo (superlative of presto) vivacissimo (superlative of vivace) allegrissimo (superlative of allegro) prestissimo possibile (hypersuperlative of presto)

The expressions given above are frequently used in combination with one another, and with certain auxiliary terms, but to attempt to define these combinations in