perdendosi

English

Noun

perdendosi

1. (music) A gradual fading away.
   • 1958, Edgar Mittelhölzer, The Old Blood, page 495:

     Then towards the end you hear them both interlaced, and both are being resolved in a perdendosi.

   • 1959, University of California Publications in East Asiatic Philology:

     For the AnC period, Karlgren (Études, pp. 38-39) describes the Four tones p'ing ('even perdendosi'), shang ('rising perdendosi'), ch'u ('probably falling perdendosi'), ju (ex abrupto), but then ...

   • 1999, Graham Steed, The Organ Works of Marcel Dupré, →ISBN, page 79:

     The final nine bars must be played in strict time: the perdendosi effect relies on the lessening of rhythmic activity rather than a slackening of tempo.

Italian

Verb

perdendosi

1. gerund of perdersi

Related terms

• perdendomi, perdendoti, perdendoci, perdendovi

Anagrams

• dispenderò, rispedendo