allargando
Definition of the Italian term allargando in music:
- broadening, enlarging (gradually slower)
Language
Italian
Synonym
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include allargando:
- allargando al fine – broadening (gradually slower) until the end
- maestoso e allargando – majestic and broadening
- marcato e allargando – accented and broadening (slower)
- molto allargando – very broadening (gradually much slower)
- poco a poco allargando – gradually broadening (gradually slower)
- poco allargando – a little broadening (gradually somewhat slower)
- un poco allargando – somewhat broadening (somewhat slower)
Musical examples
Music scores that include allargando:
- Alfredo Casella: Symphony No. 2 (1908‑10) Page 2
- Craig Sellar Lang: Fanfare (1961) Page 3
- Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (1901) Page 2
- Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasia nach J.S. Bach (1909) Page 10
- Giacomo Puccini: Vissi d'arte (1900) Page 6
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Arioso (1729) Page 2
- Léo Delibes: Coppelia (1869‑1870) Page 2
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Italian Capriccio (1880) Page 5
- Samuel Alexandre Rousseau: Fantaisie pour orgue (1894) Page 3
- Tomaso Antonio Vitali: Chaconne in G minor (ca. 1700) Page 5
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to allargando:
- ampiamente – broadly, widely
- ampio – broad, wide
- disteso – stretched out, extended, spacious, broad, slower
- largamente – broadly, widely
- largando – broadening, widening, slowing down
- slargando – broadening, enlarging (gradually slower)
- slargandosi – broadening, enlarging (gradually slower)
- slentando – gradually slowing down