Definition of Crescendo. Meaning of Crescendo. Synonyms of Crescendo

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Definition of Crescendo

Crescendo
Crescendo Cres*cen"do (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?), a. & 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.
Crescendo
Crescendo Cres*cen"do, n. (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.

Meaning of Crescendo from wikipedia

- Look up crescendo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crescendo is a gradual increase of loudness in music. Crescendo may also refer to: Crescendo, 1958...
- effect. Three Italian words are used to show gradual changes in volume: crescendo (abbreviated cresc.) translates as "increasing" (literally "growing")...
- tri-Crescendo is a ****anese video game developer. It was founded in February 1999 by Hiroya Hatsushiba, who still runs the company. Hatsushiba, originally...
- A crescendo pedal is a large pedal commonly found on medium-sized and larger pipe organs (as well as digital organs), either partially or fully recessed...
- Alan Holdsworth (born 1952 in Salford, stage name Johnny Crescendo) is a British musician and disability activist living in Philadelphia, United States...
- Crescendo Networks, Ltd. was a privately held computer networking company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with regional offices in EMEA and APAC...
- Gene Norman Presents Mel Tormé at the Crescendo is a 1957 live album by Mel Tormé, recorded at The Crescendo nightclub in Los Angeles. "It's Only a Paper...
- The Crescendos were an early American rock and roll group from Nashville, Tennessee. Formed in 1957 by five men who attended ****berland High School in...
- Crescendo is a 2019 German drama film directed by Dror Zahavi. It premiered at the Munich International Film Festival on July 3, 2019, where it received...
- Afrikaans music. The competition was known as Crescendo from its inception until 2005. In 2006, it was renamed CrescendoKreatief and became a songwriting-based...