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Very sweetly — the superlative of dolce.
Reserve dolcissimo for the most tender, intimate moments in a work. It implies extreme gentleness — barely there, infinitely sweet. Use it sparingly so it retains its power.
Puccini marks dolcissimo in his most heartrending love scenes — Mimì's entrance in "La Bohème" is dolcissimo, establishing her fragile beauty.
Dolcissimo is one of 228 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary, where every definition is written around how composers actually use the word.
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