Definition of Stringendo

1. a. Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax.

Definition of Stringendo

1. Noun. A passage in music to be played gradually faster; a section of music with in which the tempo slowly increases. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stringendo

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stringendo

string theory
string tie
string together
string trimmer
string trimmers
string up
stringboard
stringboards
stringcourse
stringcourses
stringed
stringed instrument
stringed instruments
stringencies
stringency
stringendo (current term)
stringent
stringently
stringentness
stringer
stringers
stringhalt
stringhalted
stringhalts
stringhamite
stringier
stringiest
stringification
stringified
stringifies

Literary usage of Stringendo

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

1. Caractacus: A Cantata for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, and Bass Soli, Chorus by Edward Elgar, Harry Arbuthnot Acworth (1898)
"Та - ra ^со stringendo. Ta 0 ra - ins, ^-^ ' Ta poco eres. ra nis, de =r ==^ poco ... de - scend to aid, poco stringendo. poco ..."

2. Well-known Piano Solos, how to Play Them by Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher (1915)
"Heed the stringendo; also, the ritardando in 106 and 107. ... Also, at 155 begins a poco a poco stringendo, which, with the exception of ..."

3. Laus Deo: A Collection of Quartettes and Choruses for Church Service by Arthur Henshaw (1883)
"DOW, and ev - er shall be, world without end, now, and ever shall be, world without end, '+ в 1 shall be. p: / stringendo. ..."

4. Johannes Brahms: The Herzogenberg Correspondence by Johannes Brahms, Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1909)
"You forced them out so magnificently, while he did not exert half enough pressure. The stringendo * In the C minor symphony. f This is a mistake. ..."

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