lassu
(ˈlɑːʃuː)
[Hung. lass{uacu}.]
The slow part of a Hungarian csardas (opp. friss).
| 1880 Grove Dict. Mus. II. 198/2 Every Csárdás consists of two movements,—a ‘Lassu’, or slow movement, andante maestoso, and a ‘Friss’, or ‘quickstep’, allegro vivace. 1944 [see csardas]. 1961 Times 13 May 5/1 A Haydnish lassu. |