fermate

Mrs. Gold, as before, but with still less regard to time, and more out of tune; but she tries to compensate for this by introducing very long ornaments at the _fermate_ in the _allegro_, sung with her thin, piercing, over-strained voice; and she frequently rolls up her black eyes.

Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances Friedrich Wieck 1829

Mrs. Gold, were those delicious _fermate_ of your own invention?

Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances Friedrich Wieck 1829

C’erano una volta, nell’antico Egitto, le piramidi mobili… Questa è la storia di come si sono fermate.

No Fat Clips!!! : RUDI BLOSS – The Moving Pyramid 2007

The outstretched arm and door-curtain are the "fermate."]

Concerning the Spiritual in Art Wassily Kandinsky 1905