Lexicographical Neighbors of Ritardandos
Literary usage of Ritardandos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1885)
"... and ritardandos, holds and staccatos, be supplied, the notation will be found
sufficiently accurate. Scanning should never go farther than to remove ..."
2. Beethoven's Letters: A Critical Edition : with Explanatory Notes by Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfred Christlieb Kalischer, John South Shedlock (1909)
"If there are ritardandos in several places in this very movement, strike them
all out. Wherever they may be, they have no place in the whole of this ..."
3. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1918)
"... and ritardandos, staccatos and legates, and so on, in their presentations.
We had arrived at the conclusion because such raw material drove us to ..."
4. The Romantic Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1906)
""He required adherence," says another pupil, "to the strictest rhythm, hated all
lingering and dragging, misplaced rubatos and exaggerated ritardandos. ..."
5. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1897)
"... crescendo and decrescendo, with the ascending and descending runs; no ritardandos
can be introduced without conflicting with the musical intention; ..."
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