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  • abbreviation music crescendo

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  • Nandita, I just tried these veg cresc... they turned out pretty good except that it was a bit too dry...any tips/suggestions on how to get a better outer covering?...

    General stuff and junky dinners 2008

  • _Crescendo_ (abb. -- _cresc. _ or [crescendo symbol]) means a gradual increase in power.

    Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

  • _Crescendo e diminuendo_ -- same as _cresc. poi dim.

    Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

  • In each wind instrument I have defined the scope of greatest expression, that is to say the range in which the instrument is best qualified to achieve the various grades of tone, (forte, piano, cresc., dim., sforzando, morendo, etc.) — the register which admits of the most expressive playing, in the truest sense of the word.

    Principles of orchestration 1923

  • I will say nothing of the wind-instruments; but all pp. 's, cresc., discresc., and all f. 's and ff. 's may as well be struck out of my Opera, for no attention whatever is paid to them.

    Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Vol. 1 of 2 Wallace, Lady 1866

  • Within a month we produced a report, available on www.cresc.ac.uk, focusing on the issues of "bundling", and the definition of the public interest.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Selon Turmes, le Parlement bloquera le plan de relance de Barroso Paradox: In plina criza financiara, cresc investitiile straine directe

    EurActiv.com 2009

  • Selon Turmes, le Parlement bloquera le plan de relance de Barroso Paradox: In plina criza financiara, cresc investitiile straine directe

    EurActiv.com 2009

  • Selon Turmes, le Parlement bloquera le plan de relance de Barroso Paradox: In plina criza financiara, cresc investitiile straine directe

    EurActiv.com 2009

  • _pp. _'s, _cresc. _, _discresc. _, and all _f. _'s and _ff. _'s may as well be struck out of my Opera, for no attention whatever is paid to them.

    Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 Ludwig van Beethoven 1798

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