Mus. Also 7 longo. [It., a. med.L. longa (sc. nota), fem. of longus long.] = LONG sb. 4.

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c. 1648–50.  Brathwait, Barnabees Jrnl. (1818), 181. What though brieves too be made longo’s?

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1753.  in Chambers, Cycl. Supp.

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1893.  Shedlock, trans. Riemann’s Dict. Mus., Longa ([symbol.]), the second longest note of mensurable music = 1/2 or 1/3 Maxima.

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