Definition of Sticcato

1. a xylophone [n STICCATOS or STICCATOES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sticcato

stibiocolusite
stibiomicrolite
stibiopalladinite
stibiopalladinites
stibiotantalite
stibious
stibium
stibiums
stibivanite
stibnite
stibnites
stiboan
stibonium
sticcado
sticcados
sticcato (current term)
sticcatos
stich
sticharia
sticharion
sticharions
stiched
stichera
sticheron
stichic
stichidia
stichidium
stichoi
stichomancy
stichometrical

Literary usage of Sticcato

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"An instru- SticcatO (It.) (stek-^a-to.) 1 ment consisting of little bars of wood rounded at the top and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. ..."

2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"... sticcato. XYLOPHONE. Stich (Johann Wenzel " Punto ") composed, played horn; friend of Mozart and Beethoven, ..."

3. Prof. H. Kling's Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation: Or, The Art of by Henri Kling (1905)
"(XYLOPHON, sticcato, XYLOPHONE.) An instrument constructed of wood and straw and played with two little wooden hammers. Usual Tonal-Compass. m Saint-Saëns ..."

4. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"... n \ An instrument sticcato (stik-ka'to), •"• Í consisting of little bars (if wood rounded at the top and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. ..."

5. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"... sticcato. XYLOPHONE. Stich (Johann Wenzel " Punto ") composed, played horn; friend of Mozart and Beethoven, who composed for him. B. Bohemia, 1755; d. ..."

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