Included is the 28 minute adagio movement of the 10th symphony, the only movement Mahler completed. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
They played the adagio too quickly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Here you must play adagio. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
All-Parish Spelling Bee winner correctly spells 'adagio'. From Wordnik.com. [thenewsstar.com - Local News] Reference
Petraeus and Crocker are like a team of adagio dancers. From Wordnik.com. [Marvin Kitman: In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is the Caliph] Reference
Startling the sudden change from presto to adagio life!. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
Reversing the old astrologist adagio: "as below, so above". From Wordnik.com. [Perhaps the most important experiment ever] Reference
They skipped not in answer to the adagio movement in the May-day. From Wordnik.com. [Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
Ruth's was presto whereas Miss Marple's was content to be adagio. From Wordnik.com. [Twin Moons] Reference
A Beethoven adagio provided the soft background to our conversation. From Wordnik.com. [The Dead House] Reference
Slowly, surely, as the adagio led into the opening movements, Joanne opened up. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
The first adagio went fairly successfully though Panshin made more than one false note. From Wordnik.com. [A House of Gentlefolk] Reference
The small adagio movement later was as beautiful as beautiful melodic music ever could be. From Wordnik.com. [Closing Time] Reference
HOFFMAN: Why don't we just play the opening of the finale, the opening of this lamenting adagio. From Wordnik.com. [Last but Definitely Not Least (Great Finales)] Reference
To listeners weaned on pop tunes running 2:48 with guitar solo, a 15-minute adagio can be daunting. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
To listeners weaned on pop tunes running 2:48 (with guitar solo), a 15-minute adagio can be daunting. From Wordnik.com. [A Sour Note on Modern Times] Reference
Among all of the exotic dancers, there was a ballet act, adagio dancers, staged by two of the acrobats. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
The dynamics of our voices mattered--adagio complemented allegro, pianissimo then forte and back again. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
For the finale, Norrington offers one of the speediest adagio conclusions ever recorded for this symphony. From Wordnik.com. [As Mahler's death centenary nears, an outpouring of recordings pays tribute] Reference
The meditative, meandering middle of "The New World" is like a symphony with three adagio movements in a row. From Wordnik.com. [Two Cultures Clash, And Two Lovers Leap] Reference
The dull gray shadow passes back and forth, back and forth, soothing as a slow metronome, an adagio for dining. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
On the way home it may well be a Brahms adagio, but if you want to start your day with enthusiasm, 80s hair metal works. From Wordnik.com. [Friday! October 30 – The Bleat.] Reference
It's like it's bringing that adagio of all is one, you know, and we're different, but all is one, and we're honoring it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: When Midnight Hit the Pyramids in Egypt; Separating Good Champagne from the Best; Carlos Santana's Millennium - January 1, 2000] Reference
The second an adagio, "Ecce enim in iniquitatibus.". From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01] Reference
At his second concert he played an adagio of Mozart. From Wordnik.com. [Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis] Reference
In the adagio I was obliged to play six bars of his part. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01] Reference
The second movement omits the piano for a beautiful adagio. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions] Reference
Tears ran down his cheeks at some beautiful adagio, and he would say. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Russian Novelists] Reference
Now, to-day, here's a nice little adagio lesson for us, if we play it properly. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing] Reference
Now, to-day, here's a nice, little adagio lesson for us, if we play it properly. From Wordnik.com. [The Ethics of the Dust] Reference
The left hand being quite independent in the tempo rubato of an adagio, they cannot at all comprehend. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01] Reference
The adagio, a full two minutes longer than on Mr. Norrington's London recording, was an oasis of gentility. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
In the tender adagio cantabile, it's easy to hear the composer baring his soul to the woman he hopes to marry. From Wordnik.com. [News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio] Reference
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