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Definition of Sordino
1. Noun. A mute for a violin.
Definition of Sordino
1. sordine [n -NI] - See also: sordine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sordino
Literary usage of Sordino
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"sordino SORIANO damper pedal ; such refinements were banished as being of small
service in large rooms. In the six-pedal Viennese Grand of Nannette Stein at ..."
2. The Violin Gallery: Comprising: Section I. South Kensington Special by George A. Dissmore, Charles Reade (1890)
"Length, 14 in. f.ent by Mr. Carl Engel. 60 sordino. Probably ENGLISH. 171)1 century.
/.flit by Mr. Carl Enge/. (S. А'. Л/.) 61 sordino. Wood and ivory. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"... maintained the liberties of the Gallican church (qv), opposed the VOL. xi.
42 SORB APPLE ; the fruit of the service tree. (See Service Tree.) sordino ..."
4. Two sketches, for string quartet.by Sir Eugene Goossens by Sir Eugene Goossens (1916)
"Ь^" U о/. , (a) BY THE TARN. t, « ^ JAI Andante tranquillo. EUGENE GOOSSENS. Op.
15. N91. Violin I. con sordino Violin II. con sordino ..."
5. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1907)
"The boat-shaped 'Pochette'or'sordino'measures from fifteen to twenty inches in
... At the South Kensington Loan Exhibition in 1874, a sordino by Matthias ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In música "mute" (liai, sordino, from Lat. surdus, deaf) is a device for ...
Its use is marked by the sign cs (con sordino), and its citation by sS (senza ..."
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