Lexicographical Neighbors of Sordini
Literary usage of Sordini
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"A mute; con sordini, with the mutes ; senza sordini, without the mutes ; si
le'vano i sordini, take off the mutes.—2. ..."
2. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"damper, in the mouth of a trumpet, or on the bridge of a violin, or violoncello,
to make the sound more faint and subdued ; a mute» sordini (It. pi. ..."
3. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"sordini (It. pi.) (sor-afe-ne.) Mutes in violin-playing ; and the dampers in
pianoforte ... sordini levati (It.) (sor-o7i-ne lë-vo-të ) The dampers removed. ..."
4. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"Mutes in violin-playing; and the dampers in pianoforte music. See Con sordini, and
... sordini levati fit ^ 'sor-i/fe-në lê-va-të ) The dampers ..."
5. The Technique of the Modern Orchestra: A Manual of Practical Instrumentation by Charles Marie Widor (1906)
"Stopped notes, which should be indicated by the word sordini (in ... he slips in
the mute with his right. Moderate. PP (sordini.) (sordini ..."
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