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messa di voce, Italian.

Dynamic decoration of a long-lasting sound, characteristic of Italian. wok. bel canto style. Naz. also “thinning” of sound. It consists in a gradual increase in the strength of the sound from the finest pianissimo to a powerful fortissimo and in an equally gradual weakening of the sound to the original pianissimo. Mastery of the M. dv was seen as evidence of a good wok. performer training. Over time, M. dv began to be used in instr. music, such M. dv is described by I. I. Quantz, J. Tartini and other authors. Tartini links the violin M. dv with vibrato and trill; on a trill, he recommends only increasing the strength of the sound. D. Mazzocchi was one of the first to use the fading M. dv in connection with portamento on the succession of chromatically descending sounds (Dialogi e sonetti, 1638), he also introduces a special designation (v) for this type of stroke.