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The Musiclover's Handbook, containing 1) a pronouncing dictionary of musical term and 2) biographical dictionary of musicians, 1911
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1Sordamente (It.). Veiled, dampened, muffled tone.
2Sordino (It.) (sor-dee'-no). A mute; small instruments of metal, wood, etc., put on the bridge of the violin, etc., to deaden the tone. Pear- or cylinder-shaped mutes of wood, cardboard, or leather are put in the bell of the horn or trumpet with the same object. The use of sordino is indicated by Con S., their removal by Senza S.
3Sordo (It.). Mute; muffled. Clarinetto sordo, muted clarionet.
4Sortita (It.) (sor-tee'-ta). "Going out." Concluding voluntary; first appearance of any character in an operatic performance.
5Sospirando (It.) (sos-pee-ran'-do), Sospiroso (sos-pee-ro'-so), Sospirante (sos-pee-ran'-teh), Sospirevole (sos-pee-reh'-vo-leh) [from sospiro, a sigh]. Sighing; sobbing; mournful.
6Sostenuto (It.) (sos-teh-noo'-to), Sostenendo (sos-teh-nen'-do). Sustained; without haste.
7Sotto (It.). Below. Sotto voce, in an undertone.
8Soubasse (Fr.) (soo-bass). A 32-foot organ pedal-stop.
9Soubrette (Fr.) (soo-bret). A waiting maid; a minor female rôle in comic or comedy opera.
10Sound-board. A thin sheet of spruce-pine, or fir, upon which the bridge that supports the strings of the pianoforte rests. The function of the sound-board is to increase the volume of the tone, which it does by taking up the vibration of the string. There are many unsolved problems in the relation which subsists between the string and the sound-board, as to the manner in which this amplification of the sound takes place. It is impossible to form a conception of the complications in the mode of vibration of the sound-board that must take place when, for example, a full chord is struck. Yet all these complications are not only simultaneous, but they obey the changing conditions of the most rapid execution with such swiftness and certainty that not a note is lost or a tone quality obscured.
11Sound-box. The body of the violin, guitar, etc. The problems as to the function of the sound-box are even more complicated than those connected with the sound-board, as a sound-box is a combination of a sound-board and an
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