lacrimoso - weeping, tearful.
lamentando - mourning.
lamentoso - mournful.
landler - a popular German or Austrian dance in 3/4 or 3/8 time,thought to be the true origin of the waltz. It is very like a waltz, though slower.
languendo/languido - feeble, languishing.
largamente - broadly.
larghetto - not as slow as largo.
largo - slow and broad.
leading tone - the seventh note of a diatonic scale and the chord built on that note.
legatissimo - exceedingly smooth.
legato - smoothly.
leggiero - lightly.
leno - feeble, faint.
lentando - with increased slowness.
lento - slow.
lestamente - quickly, lively.
lesto - lively quick.
libero - free, unrestrained.
libretto - the text of an opera, oratorio, or cantata.
lied - German word for song; plural: lieder.
liederbuch - German book of songs.
line - the melodic component in a composition; melodic line.
linear counterpoint - dissonant counterpoint.
liscio - simple, smooth.
l'istesso - the same.
liturgical - music intended for performance in a church service.
loco - place; return to the written register after playing an octave higher through using 8va.
lontano - distant, a great way off.
loure - a slow French dance in 6/4 time, sometimes found in the classic Suite.
lugubre - sad, mournful.
lunga pausa - a long pause.
lusingando - alluring, flattering.
luttuoso - sorrowful.
lyric - song-like, as opposed to dramatic.
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