stringendo

[ strin-jen-doh; Italian streen-jen-daw ]

adjective

, Music.

1. (of a musical direction) progressively quickening in tempo.

stringendo

/ strɪnˈdʒɛndəʊ /

adjective

1. music to be performed with increasing speed

Word History and Origins

Origin of stringendo¹

1850–55; < Italian, gerund of stringere to tighten < Latin ( strict )

Word History and Origins

Origin of stringendo¹

Italian, from stringere to compress, from Latin: to draw tight; see stringent

Example Sentences

The idea captured the interest of Dutch artist Constant Dullaart, who rebuilt the picture from screenshots of the video and made it the centrepiece of his new London show, Stringendo, Vanishing Mediators.

From The Guardian

According to the composer's directions the dance grows "gradually wild and riotous," then comes a slower passage marked "yearning," followed by a long stringendo passage leading to the climax, "wild and uneven"; this presently dies away, and Iris and Charmian have a long duet, the chorus occasionally breaking in, telling how the "Queen is sick for Antony," and how "once more Venus and Bacchus meet, and all the world Stands still to watch the bliss of living gods."

From Project Gutenberg

After a long period of suspense an imitative treatment of the first theme, with kettle-drum effect in the bass, leads to a stringendo ascending passage which closes with two crashing dissonances and two peculiarly grouped chords, e.g.

From Project Gutenberg

The Coda begins, in measure 306, with a shadowy outline of modulatory chords, as if slumbering forces were slowly awakening; and, becoming more crescendo and stringendo, reveals its full glory at the Pi� Allegro.

From Project Gutenberg

A gradual acceleration     accelerando affrettando stringendo poco a poco animato     2.

From Project Gutenberg