adaggisimo - noun - An extremely slow tempo marking slower than Largo.
Lumbering and ponderous in slowness. I have played only one piece while I was in high school several years ago that had this marking and it was really difficult to bow (I was playing violin at the time).
Thursday, March 22, 2007
oubliette
oubliette – n - A secret dungeon with an opening only in the ceiling, as in certain old castles.
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