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Definition of Sforzando
1. Noun. An accented chord.
2. Noun. (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack.
Definition of Sforzando
1. a. Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or &?;.
Definition of Sforzando
1. Noun. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played with a strong initial attack ¹
2. Noun. (music) A passage having this mark ¹
3. Adverb. (music) played in this style ¹
4. Adjective. (music) describing a passage having this mark ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sforzando
1. [n -DOS or -DI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sforzando
Literary usage of Sforzando
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Primer of Organ Registration by Gordon Balch Nevin (1920)
"The occasional sforzando or accent is of the greatest value in correcting ...
A sforzando may, of course, be of any degree of power greater than the volume ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"... which portionate ; and thus a fz in a piano passage will be far lese loud than
in a forte passage, s/z or sf (sforzando) is more commonly used than fz. ..."
3. A catechism for the harmonium by John Hiles (1877)
"THE sforzando.—ACCENT. Q. How are passages of repeated or reiterated notes played
upon the Harmonium ? A. This phrase ! or any similar passage, ..."
4. The Temple Choir: A Collection of Sacred and Secular Music, Comprising a by Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward, Lowell Mason, William Batchelder Bradbury (1867)
"sforzando. A tone which is produced very suddenly and forcibly, and instantly
... It Is by no means Intended that every tone should be given sforzando ..."
5. The Sabbath Bell: A Collection of Music for Choirs, Musical Associations by George Frederick Root (1860)
"sforzando. A tone which is produced тегу suddenly and forcibly, and instantly
diminished, is called an EXPLOSIVE TONE ; or sforzando, ..."
6. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"Sf. An abbreviation of sforzando. Sff. An abbreviation of Sforzato Assai. ...
sforzando. (Ita.) A term implying that a particular note is to be played with ..."
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