messa di voce

Definition of the Italian term messa di voce in music:

  1. in singing a crescendo followed by a diminuendo on a single sustained note (that is, the act of commencing and ending softly on a long note)
Language
Italian

Related terms

Italian musical terms related to messa di voce:

  • di – of, from, by, in, on, than
  • messa – Mass in Roman Catholic liturgy...
  • voce – voice