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stringendo

[strin-jen-doh; Italian streen-jen-daw]
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adjective, adverb Music.
  1. (of a musical direction) progressively quickening in tempo.
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Origin of stringendo

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

  • Accelerando, affrettando (this term implies some degree of excitement also), stringendo, poco a poco animato.

    Music Notation and Terminology

    Karl W. Gehrkens

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

British Dictionary definitions for stringendo

stringendo

adjective, adverb
  1. music to be performed with increasing speed
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Word Origin

Italian, from stringere to compress, from Latin: to draw tight; see stringent
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