单词 | ophicleide |
释义 | ophicleiden. Music. 1. A deep wind instrument consisting of a U-shaped brass tube with eleven keys, forming a bass version of the key-bugle. Also: a performer on this instrument.The ophicleide was developed in 18th cent. Europe where it supplanted the earlier serpent (see serpent n. 7). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > ophicleide player ophicleide1834 ophicleidist1903 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > serpent or ophicleide serpent1730 ophicleide1834 serpentcleide1851 1834 Times 21 June 6/1 (Westminster Abbey Festival) Ophicleides.—Messrs. Hubbard & Ponder. 1835 Court Mag. 6 23/2 One of the Ophicleides was incompetent to the task he had undertaken. 1849 A. J. Symington Harebell Chimes 119 The ophicleid rich and deep With soft cornopion. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iv. iii. 284 The circular mouths of the trombone, ophicleide, and French horn. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger i. x. 81 The young ophicleide player, somewhat breathless, passed down the room with his brazen creature in his arms. 1980 Early Music 8 91/1 Ophicleides appear in sales fairly frequently considering the relatively short period of time during which they were used. 1991–2 Opera Q. Winter 136 Perhaps some enterprising conductor..will give us an original-instruments Samson et Dalila, complete with the ophicleides. 2002 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 10 July b2 The Yankee Brass Band performs music on original instruments of the period, including the keyed bugle and the ophicleide. 2. A powerful reed stop on the organ, a variety of the tuba. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > reed-stop > specific regal1555 curtal1582 trumpet1659 cremona1660 cromorne1694 hautboyc1700 horn1722 serpent1730 dulcian1773 zinke1773 trumpet stop1795 musette1825 fagotto1832 oboe1834 trombone1837 physharmonica1838 cornopean1840 ophicleide1842 posaune1843 button regal1852 shawm1852 vox angelica1852 busaun1855 bombardon1856 tuba1858 bombard1876 clarinet1876 rackett1876 tenoroon1876 clarionet1880 krummhorn1880 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 857/1 The ophicleide, or tuba mirabilis, on the swell manual from CC to F..is unparalleled in Europe. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 601, 1840 [Organ at] Town Hall, Birmingham... This was the first organ that had the ‘Great Ophicleide’, or ‘Tuba’, on a heavy wind. 1980 New Grove Dict. Music XIII. 792 Ophicleide, strong reed stop supposedly imitating the Ophicleide and popular as a pedal rank in Willis organs. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [adjective] > ophicleide ophicleidean1881 1881 Cent. Mag. Feb. 489/1 The mighty ophicleidean roll of the..organ. ˈophiˌcleidist n. a performer on the ophicleide. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > ophicleide player ophicleide1834 ophicleidist1903 1903 N.E.D. Ophicleide, Ophicleidist. 1931 F. Harris Bernard Shaw 36 The son..was born in Dublin on July 26th, 1856..and named George after his father and Bernard after the ophicleidist. 2001 Courier 24 Nov. e03 The program includes two brass quintets by Bellon that were recently discovered by ophicleidist Anthony George. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834 |
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