Word: diminuendos
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...dance or stand still, 2) whether the dancer should move quickly or slowly, 3) what relation the dancer's next movements should bear to the movements just completed. To convey these directions, Laderman relies on musical notes together with music's diacritical markings: staccatos, rests, accents, crescendos, diminuendos. Thus, a rest after a note may mean that phrase should be broken off abruptly, and a heavy dot may mean that a jump should be bouncy. A diminuendo indicates a relaxation of the dance. Laderman's notations, however, give no indication of the actual dance pattern; that...
Ellington at Newport (Columbia). An audible report on the highly charged performance of Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, which set Newport bloods to stomping up the aisles last summer. Most notable: the supple solo by Tenor Saxman Paul Gonsalves, who lovingly rocks through no fewer than 27 choruses...
...final night of Newport's third jazz festival were packing their instruments and saying goodbye. The festival was just about over. But onstage famed Bandleader Duke Ellington, a trace of coldness rimming his urbanity, refused to recognize the fact. He announced one of his 1938 compositions, Diminuendo in Blue and Crescendo in Blue. A strange, spasmodic air, that carried memories of wilderness and city, rose through the salt-scented night air like a fire on a beach. Minutes passed. People turned back from the exits; snoozers woke up. All at once the promise of new excitement revived the dying...
...might be talking to forgetful children, and when he says, "Once more, letter D," he sounds like a host inviting some guests to have another helping of Sacher Torte. There is endless patience, endless attention to detail. "Aha!" he shouts over the slow movement. "Ssst! Second violins, make a diminuendo ..." The music starts again, and "Right!" shouts the old gentleman vehemently, making the listener jump in his seat. To the horns: "Gentlemen, you should be more accompanying . . . Don't match [the violins]. Keep a little below, you know." Again, sadly: "This could be finer," or "I am not happy...
...Georgia isn't going to stand out alone," Arthur E. Sutherland, professor of Law, commented last night. There should be "a diminuendo of noise" concerning the decision. Sutherland added...