descrescendo

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18
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Definition of descrescendo

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of decrescendo.
    ““It’s probably the most difficult piece I’ve ever done,” he said before trying out several movements at a Wednesday evening concert, his fingers slinking from keyboard to keyboard and darting restlessly over the 729 stop-control tablets as phrase seamlessly followed phrase and crescendo climaxed and faded into descrescendo.”

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Etymology

From Italian.

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