‖ longa Mus.
(ˈloŋga)
Also 7 longo.
[It., a. med.L. longa (sc. nota), fem. of longus long.]
= long n. 4.
| c 1648–50 R. Brathwait Barnabees Jrnl. (1818) 181 What though brieves too be made longo's? 1753 in Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1893 Shedlock tr. Riemann's Dict. Mus., Longa ({duplong2}), the second longest note of mensurable music = ½ or 1/3 Maxima. |