"Pile on the pianissimo and postpone the pizzazz.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of Women by James Ellroy – review] Reference
Peter and the Wolf pianissimo piano pianoforte piazza. From Wordnik.com. [8. Fine Arts] Reference
'Yes, good of you,' Ivan echoed pianissimo, taking his customary chair. From Wordnik.com. [They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff] Reference
Plaintive phrases led to threads of purest pianissimo drawn out of silence. From Wordnik.com. [Bartoli Channels Malibran] Reference
One can go from the quietest, quietest pianissimo to huge explosions of forte. From Wordnik.com. [The Glamorous Life Of Daniel Hope] Reference
Physician, heal thyself physics physiology pi pianissimo piano pianoforte piazza. From Wordnik.com. [Entry Index: operating system to Pikes Peak] Reference
"He's more transparent, more refined, not afraid of pianissimo any more," says one. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of An Ensemble] Reference
I never did manage a pianissimo at that pitch, but whatever, man...the chandelier shook!. From Wordnik.com. [ofer waþema gebind & a meme] Reference
My pianissimo sounded forte, and my arpeggios were like boots clomping up and down stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Mary, Mary]
Together they stared into the fog until the rhythmic moaning frayed to a final pianissimo. From Wordnik.com. [Jed the Dead]
I've been imagining my hands sliding over her hips with the gentleness of a pianissimo movement. From Wordnik.com. [overtaken Diary Entry] Reference
Schubert's first draft still presents the trill, after a relatively brief exposition, in pianissimo. From Wordnik.com. ['Schubert's Last Sonatas': An Exchange] Reference
Wagner, have immense depth and potentiality of tone; all these instruments are capable of pianissimo. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891] Reference
The dynamics of our voices mattered--adagio complemented allegro, pianissimo then forte and back again. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
Velasco began to trill softly on the G string, and then swept over the arch with an arpeggio pianissimo. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
(Soundbite of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5) HOFFMAN: Okay, so here we are in this kind of spooky pianissimo. From Wordnik.com. [Italian: The Language That Sings] Reference
The final section, a pianissimo, represents the dawn breaking and the skeletons returning to their graves. From Wordnik.com. ["Danse Macabre," Saint-Saëns, 19th Century] Reference
Two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, timpani and the strings present the first phrase — marked pianissimo. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera] Reference
She handles everything from piercing to pianissimo with ease and has just enough edge in her voice for this kind of Verdi role. From Wordnik.com. [Burn, Baby, Burn] Reference
If Don Jose is doing his magic, half-light pianissimo but the orchestra comes crashing in at mezzo-forte, what's the earthly use?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
There was another pianissimo interlude, at the end of which the clerk was given to understand that he should order the 'bus for that train. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Line War] Reference
The lower arrow indicates the level when you play pianissimo. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
A4 in pianissimo from a 1970's studio recording of O 'sole mio. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
In a pianissimo passage he heard one cousin whisper to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Three Soldiers] Reference
That fundament resonated with hope and possibility, even in pianissimo. From Wordnik.com. [Laudator Temporis Acti] Reference
Was there ever in a musical composition a more startling change from fortissimo to pianissimo?. From Wordnik.com. [The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century] Reference
The recap in flute and harp, dolcissimo e pianissimo, wafts in a world not quite available to mere mortals. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
It begins ravishingly with flutes and clarinets and four violins, pianissimo, followed by a blare of brass. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions] Reference
There was a high note at the end to be taken pianissimo with something else that signified "as though you meant it.". From Wordnik.com. [Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University] Reference
As the voices blend during the final phrases, they sing with delectable pianissimo tenderness, especially Mr. Domingo's. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
But the keyword to control is farseeing and it doesn't affair which region you are working on tennis, pianissimo or dancing. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
And then that hymn of praise sank to pianissimo notes and was transformed by some sort of evil magic to something shockingly different. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Desert] Reference
Most astonishing was the breathtaking delicacy of the pianissimo passages he played, far harder to bring off than thundering fortissimi. From Wordnik.com. [NY Daily News] Reference
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