Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 51

New and complete dictionary of musical terms, 1873

23 lines. Read by computer on 10 September 2026. Printed page 49. See the scan on archive.org.

1Soave. (Ita.) Gentle; delicate.
2Soavemente. (Ita.) With suavity; affably; softly.
3Sogetto. (Ita.) A subject or theme.
4Sogetto di Fuga. (Ita.) Subject of the fugue.
5Solenne. (Ita.) Solemn.
6Solennemente. (Ita.) Solemnity.
7Solennita. (Ita.) With solemnity.
8Solfa. (Ita.) To pronounce the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; solfaing.
9Solfaing. (Ita.) The practice of solfeggi by means of the syllables Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, corresponding to the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B.
10Solfeggi. (Ita.) Solfeggios; exercises for the voice.
11Soli. (Ita.) The performing of two or more instruments or voices playing their respective parts singly: written over a passage, it implies that the part is to be performed by single instruments or voices.
12Solo. (Ita.) Alone; a composition or passage for a single voice or instrument, with or without accompaniments.
13Solo Quartet. A quartet in which one voice sounds predominantly.
14Sonata. (Ita.) A composition consisting of three or four distinct movements, each with a unity of its own, yet all so related as to form a perfect whole, and generally for a single instrument.
15Sonatina. (Ita.) A short and easy sonata.
16Sonatine. (Fre.) A small sonata.
17Sonore. (Fre.) Sonorous; full-toned.
18Sonorita, Con. (Ita.) With sonorousness.
19Sopr. An abbreviation of Soprano.
20Sopra. (Ita.) Above; upper; superior.
21Soprani. (Ita.) Plural of Soprano; the treble or higher voice parts.
22Soprano, Mezzo. (Ita.) A species of female voice holding a middle between soprano and alto.

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