单词 | chamber pitch |
释义 | > as lemmaschamber pitch chamber pitch n. [originally after German Kammerton ( M. Praetorius Syntagma musicum II. (1619) 14, as †cammer thon)] Music a standard of pitch (pitch n.2 25a) formerly in widespread use, especially in performing chamber music. ΚΠ 1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 32 Organs..tuned either in the so-called chamber-pitch [Ger. Kammerton]..or in the choir-pitch, which was a whole tone higher. 1942 W. T. Bartholomew Acoustics of Music (1950) i. 6 At one time secular music was played at ‘chamber pitches’ considerably higher, sometimes several semitones higher, than ‘church pitches’. 1993 Early Music 21 208/2 17th-century chamber pitch would have further lowered the vocal ranges by a semitone. < as lemmas |
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