morendo – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term morendo in music:

dying away (gradually slower and softer)

Language

Italian

Variants

moriendomorendosi

Abbreviation

mor.

Alt. abbreviation

moren.

Synonyms

allontanandoallontanandosi

Italian musical terms that include morendo:

legato e morendo – legato (smooth and connected notes) and dying away...
rallentando e morendo – gradually slowing down and dying away

Music scores that include morendo:

Claude Debussy: La plus que lente (1910) Page 7
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite (1874‑1875) Page 18
Ernesto Nazareth: Pássaros em festa (1920) Page 3
Franz Doppler: Fantaisie pastorale hongroise (1870) Page 3
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1847) Page 5
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor (1830) Page 3
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem (1874‑1875) Page 15
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto (1902) Page 2
Maurice Baron: The Last Lullaby (1921) Page 4

Italian musical terms related to morendo:

allontanando – dying away (gradually slower and softer)
allontanandosi – dying away (gradually slower and softer)
dileguando – vanishing, fading away
espirando – exhaling, fading away
estinguendo – dying out, extinguishing
estinguendosi – dying out, extinguishing
mancando – fading away, dying away...
mancante – fading away, dying away...
perdendosi – vanishing, disappearing, fading away (gradually sl...
sparire – to disappear, to vanish, to fade away
sperdendosi – dying away (gradually slower and softer)
stinguendo – fading away, dying away
svanendo – vanishing, fading away