Louder – but how? In music, there are many ways to do this: increasing, compressing, unfolding, wakening. Discover here 12 different ways to say “louder” in music – in four languages.
| Italiano | English | Deutsch | Français |
|---|---|---|---|
| più forte | louder | lauter | plus fort |
| accrescendo | augmenting | vermehrend/zunehmend | en accroissant |
| alzando | rising | erhebend | en élevant |
| ampliando | amplifying | erweiternd | en agrandissant |
| aumentando | increasing | steigernd/vermehrend/zunehmend | en augmentant |
| calcando/premendo | compressing | betonend/drängend | en comprimant |
| crescendo | growing loueder | anwachsend/anschwellend | en croissant |
| rafforzando/rinforzando | strengthening | verstärkend | en renforçant |
| rinforzato | strengthened | verstärkt | renforcé |
| resvegliando/risvegliato | re-awakening | wieder erweckend | en réveillant/réveillé |
| spiegando | unfolding | entfaltend | en déployant |
| svegliando | wakening | erweckend | en réveillant |
Jonathan Stark – Conductor
Hello! I'm Jonathan Stark. As a conductor, it is important to me that visits to concerts and operas leave a lasting impression on the audience. Background knowledge helps to achieve this. That's why I blog here about key works of classical music, about composers, about opera and much more that happens in the exciting world of music.
