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- noun Plural form of
fortissimo .
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Examples
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A powerful individual with an unaffected stage presence, Gorenman is capable of seismic fortissimos, yet at home with the childlike whimsy of Sonata 27's second movement.
Music review: Yuliya Gorenman plays Beethoven sonatas at the Katzen Center Post 2010
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To be expected, there were occasional tentative passages and over-exuberant fortissimos to be heard.
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It was easiest to concentrate on the many beautifully shaped details, especially violin and offstage posthorn and, despite some rough moments, the exciting brass fortissimos.
Francesca da Rimini, Fantastic Mr Fox; BBC Proms 24 & 25 2010
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Crudelissimos saevissimosque latrones, fortissimos haberi propugnatores, fidissimos duces habent, bruta persuasione donati.
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At his peak, his technique was described as "uncannily gigantic"; his thunderous fortissimos reportedly left traces of blood on the keys.
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At today's rehearsal, he stopped the chorus and said, "you must sing the ultimate pianissimos here and then two measures later you must do the loudest fortissimos of your life, like you're screaming, pause, but screaming beautifully, of course."
Archive 2005-10-01 sfmike 2005
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At today's rehearsal, he stopped the chorus and said, "you must sing the ultimate pianissimos here and then two measures later you must do the loudest fortissimos of your life, like you're screaming, pause, but screaming beautifully, of course."
Penance and Warfare sfmike 2005
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Isti habent boues fortissimos habentes caudas plenas pilis sicut equi, et ventres pilosos et dorsa.
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Isti habent boues fortissimos habentes caudas plenas pilis sicut equi, et ventres pilosos et dorsa.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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She liked the first theme especially because it was striking and dignified and never failed to attract attention; and in what followed there was room for every shading of tone, from delicate softness that showed much feeling and sympathy, to stunning fortissimos that made everyone stare.
King Midas: a Romance Upton Sinclair 1923
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