dolente

British  

/ dɒˈlɛntɪ /

adjective

1. music (to be performed) in a sorrowful manner

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Example Sentences

Here and there a tinge of foreshadowing pain appears, as the song sounds on high, espressivo dolente.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.

The inscription implies that all the world sorrowed at his death: "Orbe dolente Pater ... ruit."

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)

"Per me si va nella eitti dolente, Per me si va nell' eterno dolore, Per me si va tra la perduta gente."

From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John

The introductory Largo is sostenuto e patetico, while the Allegro which follows bears the superscription, deliberando e meditando; the Adagio is dolente; and the Allegro Finale, agitato e con disperazione.

From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)

Per me si va nella citt� dolente: Per me si va nell' eterno dolore: Per me si va tra la perduta gente!

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James