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Definition of Sostenutos
1. sostenuto [n] - See also: sostenuto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sostenutos
Literary usage of Sostenutos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"... than that which softens it :—sostenutos as long, cadences as sonorous ; and
those governed by rules, though not yet promulgated, not less determinate. ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"... than that which softens it:—sostenutos as long, cadences as sonorous; and
those governed by rules, though not yet promulgated, not less determinate. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1907)
"... than that which softens it:—sostenutos as long, cadences as sonorous ; and
those governed by rules, though not yet promulgated, not less determinate. ..."
4. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"... than that which softens it:—sostenutos as long, cadences as sonorous; and
those governed by rules, though not yet promulgated, not less determinate. ..."
5. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"... than that which softens it:— sostenutos as long, cadences as sonorous; and
those governed by rules, though not yet promulgated, not less determinate. ..."
6. St. Petersburgh: A Journal of Travels to and from that Capital; Through by Augustus Bozzi Granville (1828)
"Her appoggiaturas are expressive; her sostenutos firm, clear, and sonorous; the
silvery tone of her voice is delivered with a well-managed breath; ..."
7. Letters of James Gibbons Huneker by James Huneker (1922)
"Far better an honest staccato phrase than a wilderness of sostenutos. And now I
have done trying to play the schoolmaster—a sad rôle for me to essay. ..."
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