morendo

American  

[muh-ren-doh] / məˈrɛn doʊ /

adverb

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

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noun

morendos plural

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.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• morendos
  plural

Example Sentences

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

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)

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

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher

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

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

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