fermatas

The border design looks kinda like a bunch of fermatas to me, but that's all I've got.

Magic Eye Jen 2009

A fine example of a mixed setting is the motet Mater digna Dei, in which specific words, composed in breves, are given emphasis partly by fermatas on each syllable.

Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

At the same time I sang several of the modern fermatas, which rush up and down and hum like a well-spun peg-top, striking a few villainous chords by way of accompaniment.

Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 Various

For this I put fermatas, sudden long-sustained notes in my Allegro.

On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, Richard Wagner 1848

I did not write fermatas in jest, or because I was at a loss how to proceed; I indulge in the fullest, the most sustained tone to express emotions in my Adagio; and I use this full and firm tone when I want it in a passionate Allegro as a rapturous or terrible spasm.

On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, Richard Wagner 1848

* Set duration of and silence after fermatas (pauses), individually or throughout

AvaxHome 2010

We put extra volume and emphasis into the final lines, stomping our feet and shaking the bus during the fermatas.

NOLA Indymedia 2009