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forte-piano, a. (adv.) and n.|ˈfɔːteɪpɪˈɑːnəʊ|
[It.; see forte and piano.]
A. adj. (adv.) A musical direction indicating sudden but transient emphasis; loud, then immediately soft. (Abbreviated fp.) Also as n., such a succession of notes or chords.
1897in N.E.D. 1917G. B. Shaw How to become Mus. Critic (1960) 294 Sir Thomas Beecham..seems to have no conception of the dynamic range of Mozart's effects, of the fierceness of his fortepianos.
B. n.
a. An early name of the pianoforte.
1769Publ. Advertiser 24 May 4/3 A very large Forte ex [read e or et] Piano in a Harpsichord Carcase. 1771T. Jefferson Let. Writ. 1892 I. 395, I have since seen a Forte-piano and am charmed with it. 1824Dict. Musicians s.v. Bach, The King..invited Bach to try his forte-pianos made by Silvermann. 1879–80Grove Dict. Mus. I. 556 Fortepiano—afterwards changed to pianoforte..was the natural Italian name for the new instrument which could give both loud and soft sounds, instead of loud only, as was the case with the harpsichord. 1948Penguin Music Mag. Oct. 25 How many domestic pianists would relish having to revert to the thin-toned forte-piano of Beethoven's day? 1961Proc. R. Mus. Assoc. lxxxvii. 43 It is well known that J. C. Bach preferred the forte piano to the harpsichord. It is, indeed, the ideal instrument for accompanying.
b. attrib., as forte-piano maker, forte-piano teacher.
1840Marryat Poor Jack xiii, He must have been a forty piany teacher. 1844J. W. Croker Guillotine (1853) 47 One Schmidt, a forte-piano maker. |