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crescendi
crescendi
English
Noun
crescendi
- plural of crescendo
- 1964: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov et alii, Principles of orchestration: with musical examples drawn from his own works, page 112 (DoverPublications.com; ISBN 0486212661)
- Short crescendi and diminuendi are generally produced by natural dynamic means; when prolonged, they are obtained by this method combined with other orchestral devices. […] Prolonged orchestral crescendi are obtained by the gradual addition of other instruments in the following order: strings, wood-wind, brass.
- 1989: Hermann Scherchen, Michel D. Calvocoressi [tr.], and Norman Del Mar [prefacer], Handbook of conducting, page 113 (Oxford University Press; ISBN 0198161824, 9780198161820)
- Wrong crescendi, which should be avoided, tend to appear at the end of passages ascending to the apex of melodies[.]
- 2003: Christopher Anderson, Max Reger and Karl Straube: perspectives on an organ performing tradition, page 94 (Ashgate Publishing; ISBN 0754630757, 9780754630753)
- Furthermore, organ builders were at liberty to construct their register crescendi so that stops entered either one at a time or in groups of two or more. […] Of course, a sensitive organist would not rely wholly or even predominantly upon a register crescendo to effect stop changes, particularly when those changes had more to do with simple manipulation of tone color than with progressive crescendi.
- 1964: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov et alii, Principles of orchestration: with musical examples drawn from his own works, page 112 (DoverPublications.com; ISBN 0486212661)
Latin
Participle
crēscendī
- nominative masculine plural of crēscendus
- genitive masculine singular of crēscendus
- genitive neuter singular of crēscendus
- vocative masculine plural of crēscendus