Crescendo

Crescendo

cre-scen-do /krəˈSHendō/

Noun/Verb

Noun

a musical direction used to indicate increasing loudness

“As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.”

Chogyam Trungpa (1939-1987)

Verb

to gradually increase in loudness

 “The chant crescendoed, voices layering until they became a single, thunderous will.”

Susanne Collins (1962-)