It is often stated that the harmonics are obtained by increasing the tension of the lips and a crescendo by increasing the pressure of the breath.
The crescendo of its motor was deafening; conversation was impossible.
The air was alive with the throbbing of motors, now low, then rising to a crescendo as each pilot tested his plane, then gunned it hard for the takeoff.
Such a scheme, in the hands of a Schiller, leads inevitably to a crescendo of rhetorical contrasts, which in the end sound somewhat flighty and forced.
Mary's crescendo of feeling, from humble supplication to reckless defiance, gives an excellent opportunity for a tragic actress, but the whole thing is rather crass.
Enough to understand that they went on in the usual voluminous dull-droning way, crescendo always; and deserve, what at present they are sure of, oblivion from all creatures.
Pulse after pulse, this is something like the course things had, crescendo till, in about three months, they got to a height which was evidently serious.
The crescendo roar of the Webster section came to him dimly.
Down before him, shoulder to shoulder, the attacking regiments waited for the lastcrescendo of the bombardment.
All life would be one grand crescendo of good--better--best.
With a superb crescendo the Motive of Flight reaches its climax and the two Waelsungs are seen approaching through the natural arch.
In crescendo and decrescendo it rises and falls, as rises and falls with each breath the bosom of the beautiful Fricka, who slumbers at Wotan's side.
The Waelsung Motive, afterwards beautifully varied with the Motive of Love's Joy, accompanies his utterances, the climax of his emotional excitement being expressed in a majestic crescendo of the Freia Motive.
They sing the melody heard in the overture and in the first act; and the same effect of gradual approach is produced by a superb crescendo as they reach and cross the scene.
He was so keenly alive that the strings cut into his fingers, yet he played on, fully comprehending, fully believing, through the splendid chords of the crescendo to the end.
Through the majestic crescendo came that deathless message: "Endure, and thou shalt triumph; wait, and thou shalt see.
To what tremendous demonstration was this crescendo tending, to what ultimate glory or terror?
She realised that during her stay there a crescendo of calm had taken place within her, calm of the spirit, a crescendo of strength, spiritual strength, a crescendo of faith and of hope.
What she was listening for was a rising of the wind, a crescendo of its voice.
The steady crescendo that was beginning almost to frighten her was maintained--the crescendo of the voice of the Sahara.
But there at once he finds the second phase in a crescendo of floral colors.
There is, moreover, in the whole performance, a musical crescendo coupled with a successive lowering of pitch, which is fairly ravishing in its impression of mystery and power.
The only song I have heard differed from the abruptly terminated crescendo of W.
Again, it will move crescendo and diminuendo, as tho the supply pipe of this musical cascade were submitted to varying pressure at the fountain head.
Bülow as remarking that crescendo signifies piano,--meaning of course that a crescendo usually implies a soft beginning.
In vocal music the accent and crescendo marks provided by the composer are often intended merely to indicate the proper pronunciation of some part of the text.
As their voices approached a crescendo they danced with increasing hysteria.
In a diabolical crescendo of din, of hot wind and of lights, we flow deafened towards the furnace.
The important thing to be remembered about the lighting is the crescendo of light which occurs as the play runs its course.
As the angel's voice stops, those of the other singers grow into the great triumphantcrescendo of the finale.
The ANGEL stands with one hand uplifted, as the music rises in a great crescendoof triumph.
Mr. Atherton's Alleluia is also just what is needed, both in length and in the triumphant crescendo which carries the piece fittingly and dramatically to its close.
With the exception of the crescendo at the end of the Alleluia, the music is kept soft and dreamy throughout.
Wherever a crescendo occurs, a diminuendo is commonly indicated.
Rather there was that which resembled a gentle crescendo of death.
The page of history becomes a long crescendo of battle.
The rest of the fight had already gone over the island, a wildcrescendo of shots and yells and smashing uproar.
One more note--no more, no less--at the end of the crescendocould tie the symphony together and end it.
Channeljumper too seemed pleased by this show of appreciation, though neither of them understood the words, and Longtree swept into the final notes of the rising crescendo with a gusto he had not previously displayed.
Longtree played on, oblivious to all else, soaring toward the great screaming crescendo that would culminate with the missing note.
We musicians can feel the crescendo coming from the first mounting bars.
They went from calm to shouts, from shouts to yells, then broke in a crescendo of turmoil.
Again the crescendo rises to its highest pitch, and closes with a few powerful chords.
