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sourdine, n. and a. Somewhat rare.|sʊəˈdiːn|
[a. F. sourdine, f. sourd deaf, dull: cf. sordine.]
A. n.
a. Early Mus. A muted trumpet.
a1678Marvell Upon Appleton House lii. Misc. Poems (1681) 90 Death-Trumpets creak in such a Note, And 'tis the Sourdine in their Throat. 1891C. R. Day Descr. Catal. Mus. Instruments recently exhibited at R. Mil. Exhibition v. 96 The combination of a double reed with a cylindrical bore..presents certain theoretical difficulties... During the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries instruments thus constructed were in common use. Those most generally met with were the krumhorn..and the sourdine. 1941N. Bessaraboff Anc. Europ. Mus. Instruments 80 There were several families of instruments, such as the cromornes, the racketts (‘the sausage bassoons’), the sourdines. 1976D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance vi. 45/3 The tone is much softer and more muffled, however, and very similar to that of a rackett; hence the other name given to the instrument..sourdine (French).
b. A mute or damper.
c1779W. Waring tr. Rousseau's Dict. Mus. 384 Sourdine, a small instrument of copper or silver, which is applied to the bridge of a violin or violincello, to render the sounds weaker. 1959Collins Mus. Encycl. 618/2 Sourdine... (1) Mute (of a string or wind instrument). (2) Damper (in the piano). (3) A device for muting the strings of the piano.
B. adj. Muffled, subdued. Also fig.
1898N.Y. Times 2 July (Cent.), The art of making a commonplace event striking by telling it in hints, as in the sourdine little tragedy of ‘A Modern Melodrama’. 1904Windsor Mag. Dec. 166/2 A singular little tune, half sourdine, half pizzicato. |