basso
noun
a person who sings bass; a bass.
bassi
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pluralof basso.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Badiali and Corradi Setti were the two barytones, while the two bassi were Marini and Coletti.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Henry Edward Krehbiel
Oriental shells are made at Rome into beautiful cameos, by the white outer surface being cut away upon the deeper coloured internal part, forming figures in minute bassi relievi.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 by Various
Six soprani, six alti, six tenori, and six bassi, to twenty violins and twelve bassi, are in the same proportion as 0 to 1.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Ludwig Nohl
Lord Elgin's first attempt was to have the statues and bassi rilievi restored; and in that view he went to Rome to consult and to employ Canova.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
Most of the bassi rilievi, and nearly all the characteristic features of architecture in the various monuments at Athens, have been moulded, and the moulds of them brought to London.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
