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Ex. 3.39.cont. (c)
on the part of composers, copyists, or engravers). In the first edition of Beethoven's Piano Trio op. 1 no. 3, for
example, the piano has sf while the cello, simultaneously, has rf(Ex. 3.41.) Cherubini, on the other hand, clearly
continued to use rinf to signify a powerful crescendo, somewhat in the manner of Jomelli. It often occurs in his music
in the final bars of a passage that has earlier been marked ‘cresc’, evidently to ensure that the increase of volume
continues (and intensifies) right up to the point of arrival at fortissimo. Typical examples of this may be found in the
‘Dies irae’ of his C minor Requiem and in his overture to Anacreon.
Ex. 3.40. Beethoven: (a) String Quartet op. 127/ii; (b) String Quartet op. 132/iii