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Definition of Sforzandos
1. sforzando [n] - See also: sforzando
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sforzandos
Literary usage of Sforzandos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"This, however, was liable to inconvenient sudden sforzandos. Mr. RHM Bosanquet
used a movable back attached to the seat by a hinge. ..."
2. The Evolution of the Art of Music by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1906)
"But the composers of the intermezzi tried to keep the scene in their minds, and
to accentuate gestures by sforzandos and queer surprising progressions, ..."
3. Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding (1920)
"The crescendos, often leading to a sudden drop to pianissimo, the long stretches
of hushed suspense, the violent sforzandos on unimportant beats ..."
4. Musical Letters from Abroad: Including Detailed Accounts of the Birmingham by Lowell Mason (1854)
"... and fortes, and sforzandos, in little scraps of melody, light as the lightest
of Donizetti or Verdi, without dignity, solemnity, character, or sense. ..."
5. Musical Letters from Abroad: Including Detailed Accounts of the Birmingham by Lowell Mason (1854)
"... and fortes, and sforzandos, in little scraps of melody, light as the lightest
of Donizetti or Verdi, without dignity, solemnity, character, or sense. ..."
6. Musical Letters from Abroad: Including Detailed Accounts of the Birmingham by Lowell Mason (1854)
"... and fortes, and sforzandos, in little scraps of melody, light as the lightest
of Donizetti or Verdi, without dignity, solemnity, character, or sense. ..."
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