Musical instruction to play very loud (10)

I believe the answer is:

fortissimo

(Other definitions for fortissimo that I've seen before include "Pound notes" , "extremely noisy in bar?" , "Very loud" , "with greatest force" , "with a lot of volume" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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