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Definition of Crescendoing
1. crescendo [v] - See also: crescendo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crescendoing
Literary usage of Crescendoing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Choral Orchestration by Cecil Forsyth, Walter Henry Hall (1920)
"In bar 12 we have the chorus, brass, and wood-wind holding on to a high well-placed
chord, and crescendoing on it. But the organ-pedals are also helping. ..."
2. Turkish Life and Character by Walter Thornbury (1860)
"... are always the same; beginning sanely and rationally enough, and gradually
crescendoing to the wildest frenzy and the raving howl of mad wild beasts. ..."
3. Life in Spain: Past and Present by Walter Thornbury (1860)
"... nodded on by an encouraging mother, passes from stately walk into stately
dancing positions, and, crescendoing by degrees, rises to the full free dance, ..."
4. Some After Dinner Speeches by William Malcohm Bunn (1908)
"... and Charon wasn't running rearward freights. St. Peter looked glum enough.
First the philosopher laughed his oily, gurgling, crescendoing laugh. ..."
5. Syllabi of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching (1903)
"342)—then in the crescendoing passion of Acts III. and IV.—finally it culminates
in the tragic accumulation of IV. iii. and V.—till the way is prepared ..."
6. The Gryphon Taint: Volume One by K. M. Frontain (2006)
"... shoved her way to the centre of the gathering, her voice a crescendoing shriek
of hatred. “Nooo! Liar! Murderers! She cursed my baby! She's a witch! ..."
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