forza
Definition of the Italian term forza in music:
- force, power
Language
Italian
Singular
forza
Plural
forze
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include forza:
- a mezza forza – with half the power
- con forza – with force, with power
- con molta forza – with much force
- con tutta forza – with full force
- con tutta la forza – with all the force
- risoluto con forza – resolute with force
- tenore di forza – literally "tenor of force"...
- tutta forza – full force, as loud as possible
- tutta la forza – all the force, as loud as possible
Musical examples
Music scores that include forza:
- Charles Gounod: Ave Maria (1852‑1853) Page 5
- Frédéric Chopin: Etude in E major (1829‑32) Page 1
- Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major (1830‑1831) Page 2
- Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 (1886) Page 8
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 (1794‑1795) Page 2
- Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Page 7
- Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol (1887) Page 3
- Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller: Firenze (ca. 1915) Page 3
- Robert Schumann: Carnaval (1833‑35) Page 3
- Victor Herbert: Naughty Marietta (1910) Page 9
Related terms
Italian musical terms related to forza: