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Definition of Forzando
1. adv. See Sforzato.
Definition of Forzando
1. sforzato [n -DOS or -DI] - See also: sforzato
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forzando
Literary usage of Forzando
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music of Nature, Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and by William Gardiner (1849)
"forzando, fz, or sf, or :=—. This striking effect forms a strong feature in the
character of modern music; we never find it expressed in any author before ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"The abbreviation of the Italian word forzando, meaning that the note or chord
against which it is played should be forced beyond the normal sound of the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"The abbreviation of the Italian word forzando, meaning that the note or chord
against which it is played should be forced beyond the normal sound of the ..."
4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1856)
"The very quick time, combined with the forzando in the little fugue theme, made
it impossible (we have always found it so more or less) to catch that little ..."
5. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"forzando. It. " Forcing." Accent or emphasis indicated in NOTATION by sign or
the abbreviations fz. or sf. Forzato. It. forzando. Foster (Muriel) sang con. ..."
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