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Definition of Pianissimo
1. Noun. (music) low loudness.
2. Adjective. Chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft.
3. Adverb. A direction in music; to be played very softly.
Definition of Pianissimo
1. a. Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.)
Definition of Pianissimo
1. Adverb. (music) The musical term indicating that the piece (or a section of it) should be played very softly. ¹
2. Noun. A dynamic sign indicating that a portion of music should be played pianissimo. ¹
3. Noun. A portion of music that is played very softly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pianissimo
1. [n -MOS or -MI]
Medical Definition of Pianissimo
1. Very soft; a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. Pp) Origin: It, superl. Of piano. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pianissimo
Literary usage of Pianissimo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Impertinent Poems by Edmund Vance Cooke (1903)
"CONSCIENCE pianissimo You are honest as daylight. You 're often assured That your
word is as good as your note — unsecured. We could trust you with millions ..."
2. Others for 1919: An Anthology of the New Verse by Alfred Kreymborg (1920)
"pianissimo I took Night Into my arms, Night lay upon my breast. If Night had
wings She would have brought me Stars for my hair. The stars laughed Lightly ..."
3. Stars of the Opera: A Description of Twelve Operas and a Series of Personal by Mabel Wagnalls (1906)
"The curtain descends very slowly, and the last notes of the violin are written
doubly pianissimo. The muse of Egyptian music glides away as silently as she ..."
4. Posthumous Memoirs of Karoline Bauer: From the German by Karoline Bauer (1884)
"... followed immediately by the sweetest, most charming pianissimo, all that was
inconceivable or incomprehensible, and therefore also indescribable. ..."
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