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Encyclopedia > Crescendo

Crescendo may mean:

  • In musical notation, crescendo refers to a passage of music during which the volume gradually increases.
  • One of Duke Ellington's longer-form compositions is called Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, which also describes the form of the piece.
  • A term Alfred Hitchcock used to describe the major setpieces in his films.
  • Crescendo is also the name of a bishoujo game by the studio Digital Objet.
  • Insanity's Crescendo, a song by Dark Tranquillity.
  • Crescendo is also a gay porn film by famous French director Jean-Daniel Cadinot.
  • Crescendo is also an Italian and a Portuguese word which means "growing".
  • Crescendo was a computer networking company that was acquired by Cisco in the 1990s.
  • Crescendo Festival in a musical festival in France.
  • Crescendo Festival in Russia is a classical musical festival annually hold in Russia.
  • Crescendo International is a network of Christian classical professional musicians and music students.
  • Crescendo Networks is a company which develops and and sells application acceleration devices for data centers.

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Crescendo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (256 words)
The opposite of crescendo is diminuendo or decrescendo.
Crescendo Festival in Russia is a classical musical festival annually hold in Russia.
Crescendo International is a network of Christian classical professional musicians and music students.
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