fermata

• “The _fermata_ or _hold_ [fermata symbol] over a note or chord indicates that the tone is to be prolonged, the duration of the prolongation depending upon the character of the music and the taste of the performer or conductor.”

  Music Notation and Terminology

• “The sax held the final fermata, a wistful confession, and bent it into tune.”

  Fictionaut: Chameleon

• “The sax held the final fermata, a wistful confession.”

  Fictionaut: Chameleon

• “He was diplomatic, too, even reassured the oboist about her big fermata: "Take 2 bars and I'll make sure you have enough time.”

  The Huffington Post: Laurence Vittes: Have Baton, Will Travel: Classical Music Combine in New Orleans

• “Sometimes he transitioned subtly from one tune to another by means of an arco bass solo from Mr. August; at other points he simply stopped playing one composition and started playing the next one without so much as a fermata between them.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Reviving Sounds and Legends

• “Aside from the backwards 6, I love the fermata on the first cake. 16 forever?”

  They'll NEVER Notice

• “Perhaps a fermata on your chest to signify "Hold me!”

  Ink-Stained Wretch

• “So we have a bunch of harmonies with no functional relationship to each other, and a couple of diametrically opposed tempi jammed together with a fermata.”

  Archive 2006-09-01

• “The first section of "Eri tu" is rendered in a splendidly firm, strong-lined legato, the words crystal-clear; it comes to an end with a decrescendo and portamento down from the top F on "guisa," a most expressive turn and acciaccatura on "primo," and a fermata at the end of the phrase.”

  Conrad L. Osborne: Best Opera Critic Ever

• “The published score gives a pause [fermata symbol] after the word "_ora_:" "_ultima ora_ [fermata symbol] _del nostro amor_.”

  Style in Singing

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