CRESCENDO

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.

2.
n.

A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.

3.
n.

A pssage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.


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