Definition of Morendo

1. a. & n. Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.

Definition of Morendo

1. Adverb. (music) Fading away in tone or tempo. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Morendo

1. dying away in speed and tone [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morendo

more than one can poke a stick at
more than one can shake a stick at
more than you can shake a stick at
moreen
moreens
morefold
moreish
morel
moreland
morelands
morelle
morelles
morello
morellos
morels
morendo (current term)
moreness
morenesses
morenosite
moreover
morepork
moreporks
mores
moreso
moresomes
moresques
morgagnian cyst
morgan
morganatic

Literary usage of Morendo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Viaggi Di Pietro Della Valle, Il Pellegrino: Descritti Da Lui Medesimo in by Pietro Della Valle (1843)
"... come io credo, la zuffa in che fu morto Hussein; e tengono per certo, che chi di loro morisse in quella briga, morendo per Hussein, ..."

2. Everyman: Cantata Founded Upon the Old Morality Play for Four Solo Voices by Walford Davies (1904)
"*»»j^ ' sempre dim. xn 4t« morendo ш Go Go, I in my Name. morendo in my Name. morendo Ï=Ê in my Name. morendo f^ in my Name. attacca. ..."

3. The Orchestra by Ebenezer Prout (1899)
"TJ ^ T^^l ^^^ morendo. morendo. morendo. The effect is here so clear that no explanation is necessary. ..."

4. The Strife of Life: A Book of Modern Verse by Gotthold August Neeff (1907)
"And all morendo,— All morendo! Ich dien! — Ich dien! ... morendo, a further musical direction, denoting the "dying away" of the last chords, ..."

5. The American Music System by Frederick Zuchtmann (1894)
"morendo. £d t- days, all the days of my life, and morendo. :| Ш1 the days of my life, and days the •r ..."

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