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Definition of Decrescendo
1. Adjective. Gradually decreasing in volume.
2. Verb. Grow quieter. "The music decrescendoes here"
3. Noun. (music) a gradual decrease in loudness.
Definition of Decrescendo
1. a. & adv. With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
Definition of Decrescendo
1. Noun. (music) An instruction to play gradually more softly. ¹
2. Verb. (music) To gradually become quieter ¹
3. Adjective. becoming quieter gradually. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decrescendo
1. [n -DOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrescendo
Literary usage of Decrescendo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. German Orthography and Phonology: A Treatise with a Word-list by George Hempl (1897)
"Crescendo, decrescendo, and Equal Stress 275. ... 1) The prevailing stress of
old Germanic was decrescendo. A study of the old poetry shows that of two or ..."
2. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"Requiem Mass, but I do know lie wrote the " Confutatis." ' What a scene ! and what
a decrescendo !' About the year 1832 he was asked by a Spanish friend to ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"decrescendo, in music, a direction to the performer to decrease the volume of
sound from loud to soft. It is marked thus > : DECURIONES, magistrates in the ..."
4. Musical Interpretation, Its Laws and Principles, and Their Application in by Tobias Matthay (1913)
"L T» iiif .ii i. decrescendo. Let me give you an example of both points: spite
of In Chopin s first Prelude we have a figure with such unaccented ending: ..."
5. Practical Hints and Helps for Perfection in Singing by Luisa Cappiani (1908)
"PERSPECTIVE SINGING—decrescendo.—As in the formation of the vowel sound i (with
the Italian pronunciation of ee), drawing the cheek muscles (laughing ..."
6. A catechism for the harmonium by John Hiles (1877)
"Crescendo and decrescendo. Q. What is the meaning of these terms ? A. A stronger
pressure upon the treadle makes the tongues sound more vigorously and with ..."
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