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lentissimo len-TI-suh-mo adjective, adverb at a slow pace; musical notation for playing a passage at a gentle pace 1929— & CoHer playing, like her handwriting, was devoid of those glissandos, those ral-lentissimos, those die-away pianissimos which make the music of young ladies resemble a graceful ride upon a swing.1988The Lyre of Orpheus...it all had to be done lentissimo e languidamente…Labels: Jean-Richard Bloch, Robertson Davies
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