Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sordino , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) See
damper , and 5thmute .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mute for musical instruments. For example, the mute instrument for the violin or thedamper on thepianoforte .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But with or without the sordine Hamsun's production is equally seductive, equally entrancing and compelling.
Shallow Soil Knut Hamsun 1905
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Dr. Burney states that it has no more tone than a violin with a sordine.
For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Aubertine Woodward Moore 1885
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Having become sensitive to these delicacies, the painter, instead of uniting the extremes of the gamut, simply selects the beginning of it; his entire picture, except in one point, is in shadow; the concert he offers us is a continuous sordine in which now and then occurs some brilliant passage.
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(small flute), one clarino (trumpet) and three trombe sordine (muted trumpets).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Sister Petronille; so put a sordine in your trumpet. "
Droll Stories — Volume 2 Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Sister Petronille; so put a sordine in your trumpet. "
Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824
bilby commented on the word sordine
I like 'put a sordine in your trumpet' from the examples.
January 26, 2016