Definition of Solfeggi

1. solfeggio [n] - See also: solfeggio

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solfeggi

solerets
solers
soles
soleship
soleships
soleus
soleus muscle
soleuses
solfa
solfa syllable
solfanaria
solfatara
solfataras
solfege
solfeges
solfeggi (current term)
solfeggio
solfeggios
solferino
solferinos
solfrino cutter
solfrino cutters
solgel
soli
solicitant
solicitants
solicitate
solicitation
solicitations

Literary usage of Solfeggi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"Pieces without text, intended for this sort of exercise, are called solfeggi. Sometimes this word is applied also to instrumental music (eg on the piano) ..."

2. Student and Singer: The Reminiscences of Charles Santley by Charles Santley (1892)
"... CHAPTER VI Vocalizzi and solfeggi — Italian Vowel Sounds — Is Italian easy to sing ? — My First Piece — The Value of Concerted Vocal Music ..."

3. The Euing Musical Library: Catalogue of the Musical Library of the Late Wm by William Euing (1878)
"The modern Italian methode of singing and thirty-six solfeggi. ... BALFE, MW A new universal method of singing without the use of solfeggi. Fol. ..."

4. Jenny Lind: A Record and Analysis of the "method" of the Late Madame Jenny by William Smyth Rockstro, Otto Goldschmidt (1894)
"Donizetti's'/.^ FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO" Finale of first Act, ar from the end. N°9. FIVE solfeggi. ..."

5. The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review by Richard Mackenzie Bacon (1818)
"The Modern Italian Method of Singing, with a variety of progressive examples, and thirty-six solfeggi. By Signer DG Aprili. London. 3. ..."

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