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smorzando

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[smawrt-sahn-doh, zmawr-tsahn-daw] / smɔrtˈsɑn doʊ, zmɔrˈtsɑn dɔ /

adjective

Music.

  1. fading away; dying out (a musical direction).

Etymology

Origin of smorzando

1790–1800; < Italian, gerund of smorzare to extinguish

Example Sentences

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A climax is gradually reached which ends, smorzando, with a descending chromatic run on the pianoforte, followed by a long trill on C-sharp which ushers in the closing portion of the work.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

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