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Sforza Encyclopedia Britannica

SFORZA, House of. See Milan, vol. xvi. p. 293, and Italy, vol. xiii. p. 479.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 21, p. 726
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Sforzando [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sforzato [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /.