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Definition of Diminuendos
1. diminuendo [n] - See also: diminuendo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diminuendos
Literary usage of Diminuendos
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. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"The very slightest of diminuendos may come with each downward figure, while each
is made to begin with nearly the same degree of force. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"No hills break its smooth roll, and its long crescendos and diminuendos give a
breath and cadence to the sound, as if chariots could be heard rolling on for ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"This box contained about 900 pipes, and had shutters for crescendos and diminuendos.
The reed-stops were Free Reeds, and variety of power in their case was ..."
5. Music in the History of the Western Church: With an Introduction on by Edward Dickinson (1902)
"Other elements of expression must also be taken into account, such as prolonging
and shortening tones, crescendos and diminuendos, subtle changes of quality ..."
6. The Works of George Berkeley ...: Including His Posthumous Works; with by George Berkeley (1901)
"... magnitudine determinates, sed cogita semper diminuendos sine limite. If you
say, an infinitesimal : reconcile this with what is said in his introduction ..."
7. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"But as to how the ladies of Japan produce in their coiffures their black crescendos
and diminuendos, their sharp staccato puffs and portamento waterfalls, ..."
8. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1902)
"... and affords no opportunity to disguise by passionate accents and crescendos
and diminuendos the baldness of familiar and commonplace formulas. ..."
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