Crescendo

crescendo







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【音】聲音漸強,漸強的一段音樂



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–noun 

1. Music. 

a. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. 

b. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. 

c. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.  

 

2. a steady increase in force or intensity: The [rain] fell in a crescendo on the rooftops. 

3. the climactic point or moment in such an increase; peak: The authorities finally took action when [public outrage] reached a crescendo.  



–adjective, adverb 

4. gradually increasing in force, volume, or loudness (opposed to decrescendo or diminuendo).

 

–verb (used without object) 

5. to grow in force or loudness.  



—Antonyms 

1. diminuendo.





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crescendo (n.)   

 

has long meant "a gradual rise in intensity of sound," 

but lately it has begun as well to mean "the peak point, the apex of such a rise," 



and some editors and commentators object to the change. Clearly the more commonly used sense will continue to be the Standard primary sense, but normal semantic change seems to be winning acceptance for the new one from many users of Standard English.





　　

The movie comes down to a hefty moral decision Patrick must make, one that will deeply affect the relationship he shares with Angie. This payoff never reaches the emotional crescendo it should, in part because by failing to take his eyes off the plot, the director never gives us the history between his two lead characters.





segue rendition  

coda penultimate

schmaltz serenade aria crescendo