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gangerh commented on the word crescendo v climax
Who'll rise to this one?
November 3, 2008
sarra commented on the word crescendo v climax
Ha ha. Climax is an end-point, though, while the crescendo is the process of getting there. Not really a vs.
November 3, 2008
frindley commented on the word crescendo v climax
When the revolution comes I'll personally shoot every journalist who has ever committed "rising to a crescendo" to print. They should know better. And if the journalist in question is a music journalist then I'll have an extra special fate ready for them, something too awful to contemplate.
November 3, 2008
sionnach commented on the word crescendo v climax
crescendo : climax as diminuendo : ?
That is, if a diminuendo is also a kind of journey, what is the destination?
November 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word crescendo v climax
Detox?
November 3, 2008
frindley commented on the word crescendo v climax
More destinations for the peripatetic diminuendo:
G.P. (general pause)
pianissimo, pp
(or, if you're Tchaikovsky and a sadist, a pppppp for the contrabassoon – so difficult is this to play with any success that the note is often given to a bass clarinet)
nadir
November 3, 2008
sarra commented on the word crescendo v climax
al niente, in fact. So if you wanted to denote the destination, niente would do.
November 3, 2008
sionnach commented on the word crescendo v climax
Is Al a sibling of Dolce Far? A nihilistic pair.
November 3, 2008
bilby commented on the word crescendo v climax
I blame their great-uncle, Nella Testa Di Sionnach Non C'e'.
November 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word crescendo v climax
Is this about to crescendo from #10 to #2 on most commented?
November 4, 2008