LilyPond Internals Reference: 1.1.19 CrescendoEvent

### 1.1.19 CrescendoEvent

Begin or end a crescendo.

Syntax: note`\<` … note`\!`

An alternative syntax is note`\cr` … note`\endcr`.

Event classes: crescendo-event, music-event, span-dynamic-event, span-event and StreamEvent.

Accepted by: Dynamic_engraver, Dynamic_performer and New_dynamic_engraver.

Properties:

> `name` (symbol):

>   `'CrescendoEvent`

>   Name of this music object.

> `types` (list):

>   `'(general-music span-event span-dynamic-event crescendo-event event)`

>   The types of this music object; determines by what engraver this music expression is processed.

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