| 单词 | in altissimo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin altissimo The highest part of the range of a voice or (less commonly) an instrument. Chiefly in in altissimo: in the second octave above the treble stave, beginning with G. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [adverb] > high > above treble stave in alt1535 in altissimo1773 1773 C. Burney Present State Music in Germany II. 273 [The organ at the church of St Michael in Hamburg] has four sets of keys, long compass, up to F in altissimo. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 497/2 She has been heard to ascend to B b in altissimo. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 329/2 The scale of the concert flute is from C below the treble staff to C in the altissimo. 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 63 I could not have conceived it possible to sing to C in altissimo. 1898 Musical Times 39 732 Of these the second movement..makes the more immediate impression, the other being rather protracted, especially as regards the long unison passage for the violins in altissimo. 1947 Times 21 Mar. 6/4 Her low notes were too often lost in the void, and some of the coloratura in altissimo was erratic. 1992 Option July 92/4 Murray also shoots to the stratosphere with his patented high-pitched altissimo. 2001 New Grove Dict. Music (Online ed.) at In alt The notes of the octave above this [sc. alt] are said to be in altissimo. < as lemmas |
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