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Very slow. The German equivalent of Molto lento or Largo.
Mahler and Bruckner use Sehr langsam for their most inward, transcendent moments. The German phrasing tends to invoke a more spiritual or philosophical slowness than the Italian equivalent.
Bruckner's Symphony No. 7, second movement (Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam) — the great Adagio, written as an elegy for Wagner.
Sehr langsam is one of 228 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary, where every definition is written around how composers actually use the word.
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