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Definition of Fortissimo
1. Noun. (music) loud.
2. Adjective. Chiefly a direction or description in music.
3. Adverb. A direction in music; to be played very loudly.
Definition of Fortissimo
1. adv. Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness.
Definition of Fortissimo
1. Adjective. (comparative of forte) ¹
2. Adverb. (comparative of forte POS=adverb) ¹
3. Adverb. (music) The musical term indicating that the piece is played very loud. ¹
4. Noun. (music) The dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played fortissimo. Abbreviation: ff. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fortissimo
1. [n -MOS or -MI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortissimo
Literary usage of Fortissimo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and by Peter Force (1844)
"In rebus arduis ac tenai spe, fortissimo, quaque consilia tutissima sunt. Cic.
In English, When boots and shoes are torn up to the lefts, ..."
2. Manual of the Boston Academy of Music, for Instruction in the Elements of by Lowell Mason, Boston Academy of Music (1839)
"... [fortissimo.] careful exertion of the organs, yet so loud as to be § 492.
If a sound is produced by a very small but a good audible tone, it is called a ..."
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