stringendo

American

[strin-jen-doh, streen-jen-daw] / strɪnˈdʒɛn doʊ, strinˈdʒɛn dɔ /

adjective

Music.

(of a musical direction) progressively quickening in tempo.

stringendo British

/ strɪnˈdʒɛndəʊ /

adjective

music to be performed with increasing speed

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Etymology

Origin of stringendo

1850–55; < Italian, gerund of stringere to tighten < Latin ( see strict)

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stringendo

It leads by means of a stringendo bar to a brilliant Allegro con brio, a movement of which both the music and the technique remind one of Beethoven's bravoura style.

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

The closing bars suggest the stringendo passage and presto bars in the coda of the Scherzo of the "Choral Symphony."

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

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