morendo

American  

[muh-ren-doh] / məˈrɛn doʊ /

adverb

1. Music. with volume and tempo gradually decreasing; dying away.

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noun

plural

morendos

1. Music. a passage meant to be performed with the volume and tempo gradually decreasing or dying away.

adjective

1. Music. performed or meant to be performed with the volume and tempo gradually decreasing.

Example Sentences

Everyone will remember the austere opening, the turbulent principal theme, the perfect melody of the second theme, the wonderful fiery development, and the exquisite morendo at the end.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher

If you will only consent to try me once I promise to stick like cobbler's wax—I beg your pardon, I mean I will endeavor to adhere to the morendo and perdendosi style—don't you know?

From A Crystal Age by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

After the words "and longing vain," he sighed softly, dropped his eyes and let his voice gradually die away, morendo.

From A House of Gentlefolk by Garnett, Constance

Sei l' amante della rosa Che morendo si fa sposa.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric

The coda is a short morendo episode, in the major, and very peaceful.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher