fortississimo
Definition of the Italian term fortississimo in music:
- very very loud
Language
Italian
Abbreviation
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Synonym
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include fortississimo:
- sempre fortississimo – always very very loud
Musical examples
Music scores that include fortississimo:
- Alfredo Casella: Symphony No. 2 (1908‑10) Page 6
- Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (1886) Page 11
- Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (1893) Page 11
- Arnold Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra (1909) Page 10
- Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1847) Page 10
- Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor (1852‑53) Page 4
- Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 (1835) Page 7
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1708) Page 1
- Léo Delibes: Lakmé (1883) Page 14
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1874‑1875) Page 8
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to fortississimo:
- assordante – deafening (very loud)
- forte – loud
- fortemente – loudly
- fortissimo – very loud
- fortissississimo – very very very loud
- fortississississimo – extremely loud
- fortissississississimo – as loud as possible
- grandisonante – sonorous, loud
- violento – violent, loud