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• n  (music) loud
• s  chiefly a direction or description in music
• r  a direction in music; to be played very loudly

• Said Pianist Rubinstein: "With this mike, I play what is fortissimo and drown Jascha.
• Other young actors, to keep viewers on their side, would strike the sympathy key fortissimo.
• Come snobs, I play too pianissimo, too fortissimo, my hair, I am too fat, my dress.

• forte
• very loudly

• pianissimo

News & Articles

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• Fortissimo 2013 on Parliament Hill
  OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 2, 2013) - From August 8 to 10, 2013, at 7 p.m. on Parliament Hill, the soldiers of the Ceremonial Guard will host the 17th annual Fortissimo celebration.
  Aug. 2, 2013 - Marketwire

Quotes

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• Ted Leonsis in Washington Post
  I am thrilled that Fortissimo has come on board,Leonsis said in a statement today. "I have been very impressed with how well [Fortissimo] presented several great documentaries which they acquired at Sundance."
• Olin Downes in New York Times
  Theremin, Downes wrote, "moved his hands and fingers in mystic passes in the air, and a tone like a purified and magnified saxophone soared through the atmosphere and through the very loudest fortissimo."