solfeggio
Americannoun
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solfeggi,
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solfeggios
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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.
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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
As the ear is of such prime importance in music, great attention should be paid to tone study—to listening to and distinguishing the various sounds, and to singing them if possible, in solfeggio.
From Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers by Harriette Brower
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
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 Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
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 John Spencer Curwen
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
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 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
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 M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay
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 George T. (George Titus) Ferris
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 Henry Theophilus Finck
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
The first kind of a repertoire that the student should acquire is a repertoire of solfeggios.
From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke
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
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