sonority

[ suh-nawr-i-tee, -nor- ]

/ səˈnɔr ɪ ti, -ˈnɒr- /

the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.

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1515–25; < Medieval Latin sonōritās < Late Latin: melodiousness, equivalent to Latin sonōr(us) (see sonorous) + -itās -ity

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The last ensemble is exquisite—well-nigh unapproachable in sonority and charm.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music|Charles Gounod
Sonority or tone was varied by changing the keys or register just as on the organ.
On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music|Camille Saint-Sans
The hymn began to repeat itself, the individual words lost in the sonority of the hall.
The Jewels of Aptor|Samuel R. Delany
They are thoroughly pianistic and evoke from the instrument all its possibilities of sonority and color.
Music: An Art and a Language|Walter Raymond Spalding

The growth in power, sonority, and tonal brilliancy has been much more marked, and of it Liszt made striking use.
How to Listen to Music, 7th ed.|Henry Edward Krehbiel

1620s, from French sonorité and directly from Latin sonoritas "fullness of sound," from sonorus (see sonorous).