solfeggio
Americannoun
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a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
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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.
noun
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a voice exercise in which runs, scales, etc, are sung to the same syllable or syllables
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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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Etymology
Origin of solfeggio
1765–75; < Italian, derivative of solfeggiare, equivalent to solf ( a ) ( see sol-fa) + -eggiare v. suffix
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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
I am a great believer in the solfeggio.
From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis
She took up her studies in solfeggio and harmony and settled down into the routine of hard, persistent study with renewed vigor.
From Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso by Barnard, Charles
When the elder boys had done, the younger came forward and sang some solfeggio exercises.
From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by Curwen, John Spencer
Nightingale trills went warbling up and down; then came long holding-notes; then all kinds of florid passages--a regular solfeggio; even I thought the affair was being kept up too long.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
Two years after this the tiny musician commenced to study solfeggi with Panseron, while Hérold gave her the first instruction on the piano.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
In the splendid aria, 'Bel Raggio,' the solfeggi and fioriture that she lavishes on the audience were executed with such marvelous tone and precision that she electrified the house.
From Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
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 Schubin, Ossip
Months, indeed years, would be spent in the practice of simple solfeggi, to be followed by exercises in rhythm and studies for intonation.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
She exhausted the solfeggi which her father had written out for her sister Maria, and when this laborious discipline was done she determined to compose others for herself.
From Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
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 Cooke, James Francis
It delights too much in comfortable solfeggios, in linked sweetness long drawn out, which soon palls on the senses.
From Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Finck, Henry Theophilus
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 Curwen, John Spencer
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 Cooke, James Francis
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 Lee, Agnes
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