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Meanings of pianissimo in английском

A direction in music; to be played very softly.

Pianissimo.

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Usage of pianissimo in английском
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This is precisely what Rubinstein did, and his pianissimo was a whisper.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
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She has an astonishing gift for singing pianissimo, and she can act.
The Guardian
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To mark your own 'March Wind' pianissimo and then play it fortissimo.
The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs ...
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He played the octaves in the A flat Polonaise with infinite ease but pianissimo.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
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The band is playing a passage in the middle of Mendelssohn's Dead March pianissimo.
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
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When her last pianissimo has faded, she turns to watch Daysmoor play the end.
Strange Sweet Song
7
To which Mr. MacDowell answered: Did I mark that pianissimo?
The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs ...
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Forget about pianissimo's complexity; only at Alexa's top volume can the notes even be heard.
Wired
9
Armande de Fleury, the young pianissimo danseuse from the Folies Bergère is about to sing.
Rolling Stones
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Again it subsides into pianissimo, and again the crescendo.
The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs ...
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His speciality was extreme delicacy, and his pianissimo extraordinary.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
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The theme, which occurs three times, should first be piano, then pianissimo, and lastly forte.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
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She could rise from a dark, chocolatey sound to a threadbare pianissimo or a siren.
The Guardian
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Was there ever in a musical composition a more startling change from fortissimo to pianissimo?
The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century
15
Forget about all those dirty hippies on MySpace; they wouldn't know pianissimo from a glissando.
Wired
16
Singing pianissimo in the beginning is another fallacy.
Vocal Mastery / Talks with Master Singers and Teachers, Comprisi...
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