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Definition of Fermatas
1. fermata [n] - See also: fermata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fermatas
Literary usage of Fermatas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Conducting =: (Ueber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the by Richard Wagner, Edward Dannreuther (1887)
"I did not write fermatas in jest, or because I was at a loss how to proceed; ...
For this I put fermatas, sudden long-sustained notes in my Allegro. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1876)
"Beethoven sometimes writes in small notes of equal value, leaving the rhythmical
division to the intelligence of the player, as well as to the fermatas, ..."
3. Wagner and His Works: The Story of His Life, with Critical Comments by Henry Theophilus Finck (1893)
"... pace of the melodious passage in the allegro; the broad sustaining of the two
fermatas before the last movement . . . produced a beautiful effect. ..."
4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1862)
"... for instance, by preparing the fermatas ; these must ho often studied separately.
The singers have to be cautioned to take fresh breath for the formatas ..."
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