Definition of Soprani

1. soprano [n] - See also: soprano

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soprani

soporous
sopors
sopped
sopper
soppers
soppier
soppiest
soppily
soppiness
soppinesses
sopping
soppings
soppressata
soppy
sopra
soprani (current term)
sopranino
sopraninos
sopranist
sopranista
sopranistas
sopranists
soprano
soprano clef
sopranoes
sopranolike
sopranos
sops
sorafenib

Literary usage of Soprani

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

1. Early History of Singing by William James Henderson (1921)
"CHAPTER X MALE soprani AND OTHER VIRTUOSI WE may now return to the historical survey. In our study of this period we shall be obliged from time to time to ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1833)
"Singers, who use much the notes^of the second register, are usually denominated, in the language of the Italian opera, soprani; and as the notes of this ..."

3. The History of Painting in Italy: From the Period of the Revival of the Fine by Luigi Lanzi (1847)
"soprani, ib. Davide, his son, d. of the plague in 1657. soprani, iii. 250. Cortese, P. Giacomo, called II Borgognone, a Jesuit, b. 1621, d. 1676. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"soprano is the highest natural voice of women and boys—the artificial soprani belonging to the past ; and in women it is, perhaps, the voice which varies ..."

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