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Definition of Sordines
1. sordine [n] - See also: sordine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sordines
Literary usage of Sordines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise Upon Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration by Hector Berlioz, Mary Cowden Clarke (1856)
"Il ^ m ^ sordines (or mutes) are little wooden implements which are placed on
... sordines are most generally used in slow pieces ; but they serve scarcely ..."
2. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1857)
"sordines (or mutes) are little wooden implements which are placed on the bridge of
... sordines are most generally used in slow pieces ; but they serve ..."
3. A Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration: To which is Appended by Hector Berlioz (1882)
"J sordines (or mutes) are little wooden implements •which are placed on the ...
sordines are most often used in slow pieces; but they serve scarcely less ..."
4. A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration by Hector Berlioz, Mary Cowden Clarke (1858)
"sordines are most generally used in slow pieces ; but they serve scarcely ...
The custom is, when employing sordines, to cause them to be used by all the ..."
5. The Orchestra and Orchestral Music by William James Henderson (1899)
"In the " Queen Mab " scherzo of Berlioz's " Romeo et Juliette " symphony, for
instance, the use of the sordines adds to the suggestion of the supernatural ..."
6. The Orchestra and Orchestral Music by William James Henderson (1899)
"sordines are little contrivances of wood or brass with teeth which can be pressed
down over the strings so as to deaden their vibra- ..."
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