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Definition of Crescendos
1. crescendo [n] - See also: crescendo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crescendos
Literary usage of Crescendos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"Other kinds of crescendos and diminuendos, yet to be explained, arc neither normal
nor abnormal, and may be designated as neutral, and counted among the ..."
2. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"... but in the observance of pianos, fortes, and crescendos ; he feels the absence
of that thorough understanding which, in the best German orchestras, ..."
3. Plays, Acting and Music: A Book of Theory by Arthur Symons (1909)
"She has her crescendos, of course, and it is these which people are most apt to
remember, but the extraordinary force of these crescendos comes from the ..."
4. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"Many of the best crescendos in organ music are made in an entirely different ...
In some Grand crescendos, all the unison couplers are brought on in a bunch ..."
5. Plays, Acting, and Music by Arthur Symons (1903)
"She has her crescendos, of course, and it is these which people are most apt to
remember, but the extraordinary force of these crescendos comes from the ..."
6. Anthology of Verse, 1916-1919 (1919)
"REFRAIN Then blow, gay dancing breezes, Awake the pipes of Pan, And tone your
reeds in harmony With summer's tuneful plan; Now swell your glad crescendos ..."
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