释义 |
‖ messa di voce|ˈmessa di ˈvotʃe| Pl. messe di voce. [It., lit. ‘placing of the voice’.] In singing, a gradual crescendo and diminuendo on a long-held note.
1801in Busby Dict. Mus. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 286/2 Messa di Voce (It.), the swelling and diminishing of the sound of the voice upon a holding note. 1938Oxf. Compan. Mus. 567/2 [In the eighteenth century] every long note (irrespective of the sense of the words) was expected to bear a messa di voce. 1958Listener 14 Aug. 250/3 The tenor's wonderful messa di voce at the cadence leading to the reprise. 1964Conc. Oxf. Dict. Opera 259/1 Messa di voce.., the art of swelling and diminishing tone on a single note. |