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Definition of Crescendi
1. crescendo [n] - See also: crescendo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crescendi
Literary usage of Crescendi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1906)
"... all the second subjects, especially when cantabile, were taken slower than
the first ; and the balance was ill-contrived by certain crescendi and ..."
2. The Musical World (1855)
"... were taken slower than the first; and the balance was ill-contrived by certain
crescendi and ... of which Weber and Beethoven never dreamt—crescendi and ..."