decrescendo

• Perpetuum mobile (1963) also uses serial elements and, with its crescendo / decrescendo structure, is Pärt's "Bolero." —  Dusty Wright's Culture Catch - Smart, Pop Culture Podcasts & Written Reviews - Arts & Entertainment
• But the roughly 90 percent of the rest of the film leading up to decrescendo-ing from that sequence is, unfortunately and unnecessarily, the rote stuff of countless WWII dramas. —  GreenCine Daily
• This way of life is metonymized in the image (stock footage?) of a single jalopy crashing down a hill to a semi-comic decrescendo. —  PopMatters
• If you were invited as "decrescendo and guest", then you have every right to bring someone and they've likely already budgeted for it, so don't feel guilty if you'd like to avail yourself of the guest option. —  Ask MetaFilter
• Each member seemed entirely immersed with each crescendo and decrescendo, moving around and rocking out as much or more as anyone in the now-packed audience. —  MuchMusic.com | Blog

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