sforzando

[ sfawrt-sahn-doh; Italian sfawr-tsahn-daw ]

/ sfɔrtˈsɑn doʊ; Italian sfɔrˈtsɑn dɔ /

with force; emphatically.

Also forzando.

Origin of sforzando

1795–1805; < Italian, gerund of sforzare to show strength < Vulgar Latin *exfortiāre; see effort

sferic, sferics, sfm, sfo, sforza, sforzando, sfr., sfumato, sfw, sfx, sfz

In the second theme, which begins in the 44th measure, note the piquant dissonances coupled with sforzando accents.

Music: An Art and a Language |Walter Raymond Spalding
Every note marked long in pianoforte music is therefore essentially a sforzando followed by a rapid diminuendo.

Twentieth Century Inventions |George Sutherland
So often as a Sforzando occured, he tore his arms which he had previously crossed upon his breast, with great vehemence asunder.

Louis Spohr's Autobiography |Louis Spohr
Again a sforzando chord rang out, again came the jarring response.

An American Girl in Munich |Mabel W. Daniels

At the first sforzando he threw out his arms so wide asunder, that he knocked both the lights off the piano upon the ground.

Louis Spohr's Autobiography |Louis Spohr

sforzando

/ (sfɔːˈtsɑːndəʊ) music /

to be played with strong initial attack Abbreviation: sf

a symbol, mark, etc, such as >, written above a note, indicating this

C19: from Italian, from sforzare to force, from ex- 1 + forzare, from Vulgar Latin fortiāre (unattested) to force 1