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Webster 1913 Edition
Crescendo
Cres-cen′do
(kr?s-s?n′d?; It. kr?-sh?n′d?)
, Adj.
& adv.
[It., from
crescere
to increase. See Crescent
.] (Mus.)
With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; – a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.
Cres-cen′do
,Noun.
(Mus.)
(a)
A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
(b)
A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.