staccatissimo

Mr. Maazel spoke only a few words here and there, often using the Italian lingua franca of classical musicians -- staccatissimo, piu allegro, marcato.

Orchestra Exits for Seoul Peter Landers 2008

Mr. Maazel spoke only a few words here and there, often using the Italian lingua franca of classical musicians – staccatissimo, piu allegro, marcato.

The N.Y. Philharmonic in Pyongyang Peter Landers and Evan Ramstad 2008

_The wedge-shaped dash over the note_ (staccatissimo) was formerly employed to indicate a tone still more detached than that indicated by the dot, but this sign is really superfluous, and is seldom used at present.

Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

It is not the same thing to write [Music: three staccatissimo quarter notes] and [Music: three staccato quarter notes].

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Wallace, Lady 1866

[Music: staccato mark] is put over a note, [Music: staccatissimo mark] is not to take its place, and vice versa.

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Wallace, Lady 1866

It is not the same thing to write [Music: three staccatissimo quarter notes] and [Music: three staccato quarter notes].

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 Ludwig van Beethoven 1798

When [Music: staccato mark] is put over a note, [Music: staccatissimo mark] is not to take its place, and

Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 Ludwig van Beethoven 1798

Krupa (a distant cousin of Gene Krupa), is a tiny woman, wiry and wired, who gets a big sound from her piano; her bright blue eyes dominate her face, and her words -- frequently self-deprecating -- tumble out allegro staccatissimo in a Chicago accent you could cut with a knife.

Chicago Reader 2010

Krupa (a distant cousin of Gene Krupa), is a tiny woman, wiry and wired, who gets a big sound from her piano; her bright blue eyes dominate her face, and her words -- frequently self-deprecating -- tumble out allegro staccatissimo in a Chicago accent you could cut with a knife.

Chicago Reader 2010

Krupa (a distant cousin of Gene Krupa), is a tiny woman, wiry and wired, who gets a big sound from her piano; her bright blue eyes dominate her face, and her words -- frequently self-deprecating -- tumble out allegro staccatissimo in a Chicago accent you could cut with a knife.

Chicago Reader 2010