A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Langsam

LANGSAM, i.e. slow, the German equivalent for Adagio. 'Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll' is Beethoven's direction to the third movement of the Sonata op. 101, equivalent to Adagio con molto di sentimento. See also the opening song of the Liederkreis, op. 98. Schumann employs it habitually; see the first movement of his Symphony in E♭.

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