mezzo forte
[fawr-tey]
- somewhat softer than forte but louder than piano; moderately loud.
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Origin of mezzo forte
1805–15; < Italian: literally, half loud
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Infinite shadings are to be heard where before were only piano, forte, and mezzo-forte.
Franz LisztJames Huneker