solfeggio

American  

[sol-fej-oh, -fej-ee-oh] / sɒlˈfɛdʒ oʊ, -ˈfɛdʒ iˌoʊ /

noun

Music.

• solfeggi,
  plural
• solfeggios
  plural

1. a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.

2. the use of the sol-fa syllables to name or represent the tones of a melody or voice part, or the tones of the scale, or of a particular series, as the scale of C; solmization.

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solfeggio British  

/ sɒlˈfɛdʒɪəʊ, sɒlˈfɛʒ- /

noun

1. a voice exercise in which runs, scales, etc, are sung to the same syllable or syllables

2. solmization, esp the French or Italian system, in which the names correspond to the notes of the scale of C major

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• solfeggi
  plural
• solfeggios
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of solfeggio

1765–75; < Italian, derivative of solfeggiare, equivalent to solf ( a ) ( see sol-fa) + -eggiare v. suffix

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

solfeggio solfeggi solfeggios

At 4, he knew his solfeggio; at 17, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music; at 21, he won the Conservatory's Prix de Rome, and went there at the French government's expense.

From Time Magazine Archive

No, it was solfeggio, horrid dry scales to sing, and rhythm, and notation.

From The Happy Venture by Edith Ballinger Price

I am a great believer in the solfeggio.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke

I taught solfeggio as well as French horn in the Lyons Conservatory.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke

At the age of thirteen he entered the solfeggio class at the Conservatoire in Paris, to which city his family had moved when he was three years old.

From Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee

"An apoplexy on those solfeggi and on the man who made them!" he cried.

From A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

For two years he would permit her to sing nothing but vocal scales, and composed for her the most difficult solfeggi.

From Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

Having studied her solfeggi with Bagioli, she was transferred to the tuition of Mme.

From Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

Stella already possesses five exhaustive works upon the 'Bel Canto,' 'L'Art lyrique,' 'L'Art du Chant,' and so forth; each cost twenty francs and contains a more or less valuable collection of solfeggi.

From Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin

At the age of four he was instructed in his solfeggi by his father, who was a professor of music, and three years later he began to take lessons on the violin and piano.

From Great Italian and French Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

Composing his solfeggios in the shade, He whistles them to blackbirds as he treadeth, And violets in the wood, and in the glade Snowdrops, he spreadeth.

From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Agnes Lee

A year of scales, exercises and solfeggios would have been far more time-saving.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke

After this came time exercises, solfeggios, the pointing out of notes by the boys on and between the fingers of their left hands, which represented the staff.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen

Training in Italian solfeggios is very fine for creating a free, flowing style.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke

After a thorough drilling in solfeggios and technical exercises, I would have the student work on the operatic arias of Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, and others.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke

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