Definitions for: Crescendo


[n] (music) a gradual increase in loudness
[adj] gradually increasing in volume
[v] grow louder, of sound; "The music crescendoes here"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.

Synonyms: increasing

Antonyms: decrescendo

See Also: increase, intensity, loudness, swell, volume

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