fermatas
- plural of fermata.
Example Sentences
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For this I put fermatas, sudden long-sustained notes in my Allegro.
From On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, by Dannreuther, Edward
At the same time I sang several of the modern fermatas, which rush up and down and hum like a well-spun peg-top, striking a few villainous chords by way of accompaniment.
From Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 by Various
