Music pause (sense )
Origin of fermata
Italian from fermare, to stop, confirm from Classical Latin firmare, to make firm from firmus, firmfermata
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fermata
noun
Music- The prolongation of a tone, chord, or rest beyond its indicated time value.
- The sign indicating this prolongation.
Origin of fermata
Italian from feminine past participle of fermare to stop from Latin firmāre to make firm from firmus firm ; see dher- in Indo-European roots.
fermata
from St. Matthew Passion (1729) by
Johann Sebastian Bach
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