Fermata

[5] Fermata is the Italian name for the sign (𝄐), which in English is commonly called a Pause, and signifies that the note over which it is placed should be held on beyond its natural duration.

[6]Other names for a fermata are corona (Italian), point d'orgue (French), Fermate (German), calderón (Spanish), suspensão (Portuguese).

In chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers of the Baroque, the fermata often signifies only the end of a phrase, and a breath is to be taken.

In a few organ compositions, the fermatas occur in different measures for the right and left hands and for the feet, which would make holding them impractical.

"In the older music the sign for the fermata is used, as frequently by Bach, merely as indicating the end of the piece, after a Da Capo, when modern composers usually write the word 'fine.'

Urlinie in G with fermata on penultimate note. Play without fermata ⓘ & Play with ⓘ (compare with penultimate note at double the value ⓘ )
Cadenza indication from Beethoven's Concerto in C minor : fermata over rest indicates beginning, fermata over shake (trill) indicates close. [ 1 ] Play ⓘ
Grand pause ( Play ⓘ ) in Franz Schubert 's D. 759, I, mm.60-4. (without G.P.: Play ⓘ )