crescendi

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

crescendi

  1. plural of crescendo
    • 1964, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov et al., Principles of orchestration: with musical examples drawn from his own works, DoverPublications.com, →ISBN, page 112:
      Short crescendi and diminuendi are generally produced by natural dynamic means; when prolonged, they are obtained by this method combined with other orchestral devices. […] Prolonged orchestral crescendi are obtained by the gradual addition of other instruments in the following order: strings, wood-wind, brass.
    • 1989: Hermann Scherchen, Michel D. Calvocoressi , and Norman Del Mar , Handbook of conducting, page 113 (Oxford University Press; →ISBN, 9780198161820)
      Wrong crescendi, which should be avoided, tend to appear at the end of passages ascending to the apex of melodies
    • 2003, Christopher Anderson, Max Reger and Karl Straube: perspectives on an organ performing tradition, Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 94, →ISBN:
      Furthermore, organ builders were at liberty to construct their register crescendi so that stops entered either one at a time or in groups of two or more. […] Of course, a sensitive organist would not rely wholly or even predominantly upon a register crescendo to effect stop changes, particularly when those changes had more to do with simple manipulation of tone color than with progressive crescendi.

Italian

Noun

crescendi m

  1. plural of crescendo

Latin

Participle

crēscendī

  1. inflection of crēscendus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular
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