CRESCENDO
\kɹəʃˈɛndə͡ʊ], \kɹəʃˈɛndəʊ], \k_ɹ_ə_ʃ_ˈɛ_n_d_əʊ]\
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By Princeton University
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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.
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A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
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A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
By Oddity Software
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).