stringendo
(of a musical direction) progressively quickening in tempo.
Origin of stringendo
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How to use stringendo in a sentence
Fourthly, Mrs. P. scolds the servants stringendo e fortissimo while I am dressing in the morning.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) | George EliotThe closing bars suggest the stringendo passage and presto bars in the coda of the Scherzo of the "Choral Symphony."
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. ShedlockAccelerando, affrettando (this term implies some degree of excitement also), stringendo, poco a poco animato.
Music Notation and Terminology | Karl W. GehrkensFestus derives the word strix stringendo, from the received opinion that they strangle children.
Zoological Mythology (Volume II) | Angelo de Gubernatis
British Dictionary definitions for stringendo
/ (strɪnˈdʒɛndəʊ) /
music to be performed with increasing speed
Origin of stringendo
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