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What is an example song of adagio tempo?

Adagio is a musical term indicating a slow and stately tempo. Some examples of songs that are typically performed in adagio tempo include:

- "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber

- "Lacrimosa" from Mozart's Requiem Mass

- "Nimrod" from Elgar's Enigma Variations

- "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy

- "Gymnopédie No. 1" by Erik Satie

- "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert

- "Agnus Dei" from Bizet's Carmen

- "O Magnum Mysterium" by Morten Lauridsen

- "Lux Aeterna" by György Ligeti

- "Requiem for a Dream" by Clint Mansell

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