Definition of Sforzatos

1. sforzato [n] - See also: sforzato

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sforzatos

seysure
seysures
sez
sezary syndrome
sezession
sferic
sfericase
sferics
sfermion
sfermions
sforzandi
sforzando
sforzandos
sforzati
sforzato
sforzatos (current term)
sfumato
sfumatos
sfz.
sgd.
sgn
sgoldstino
sgoldstinos
sgraffiti
sgraffito
sh*tloads
sh*ts
shRNA

Literary usage of Sforzatos

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

1. A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players by Oskar Bie, Ernest Edward Kellett, Edward Woodall Naylor (1899)
"While d'Albert plays with the whole upper body, seeks the keys and rivets them fast, breaks the sforzatos, and soothes the pianissimos ; Risler is a statue ..."

2. The Art of the Player-piano: A Text-book for Student and Teacher by Sydney Grew (1922)
"This reinforcement gradually becomes tremendous sforzatos on those counts, representing the characteristic trochaic accentuation in extremest form. ..."

3. The Mastery of the Bow and Bowing Subtleties: A Text-book for Teachers and by Paul Stoeving (1920)
"If it is more strenuous and resembling a succession of sforzatos it can be made to express articulate ..."

4. Führer durch den Konzertsaal by Hermann Kretzschmar (1905)
"Wie stechender Schmerz und fremdartig klingen die sforzatos und die liegenden Stimmen (auf d und a) dazwischen. Beim »Quam olim Abrahae« tritt Ddur ein, ..."

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