adagio - adj - slowly
The opposite of allegro. There is a beethoven piece that uses several of my previously submitted words: Adagio con molto expressione (http://play.rhapsody.com/ludwigvanbeethoven/violinsonatas/adagioconmoltoespressione?didAutoplayBounce=true). Interestingly (or maybe not considering how common the words are) Beethoven isn't the only composer to create a work by that name. Others include Clementi and Sibelius.
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One of my all-time favorites is Sibelius' Violin Concerto in D Minor. My first encounter was similar to my exposure to the Vigee Lebrun I rhapsodized about a few days ago; luckily, the concerto set me back considerably less than 1500 bucks.
Where is Natalie? Based on the goals she posted on her blog, I'd guess she's either running herself ragged on working on her tan.
How about Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings? - evidence that the 20th Century wasn't a total artistic waste land.
Indeed, Samuel Barber has written some nice stuff. I'm a big fan of the romantic, classical and baroque periods. Usually, more modern stuff is to edgy for me.
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