Lexicographical Neighbors of Ottavino
Literary usage of Ottavino
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harmonicon (1823)
"The ottavino, on the death of Lord Byron, was sung by Signor Rossini, who certainly
did not spare his lungs on the occasion, though he could not bring ..."
2. Godfrey Weber's General Music Teacher: Adapted to Self-instruction, Both for by Gottfried Weber (1841)
"ottavino. The diminutive of oltava, meaning a little octave. The small, octave
flute, eg is called flauta ottavino, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
".Octave-stop, same as Octave 5. Octavia'na. See ottavino. ... I. See ottavino.—2.
A wind instr. inv. in 1893 by Oscar ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"Agostino and ottavino di Guc- cao or di Duccio were a pair of artistic brothers.
... ottavino does not seem to have done much in terra-ootla. ..."
5. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Pasta, and other first-rate artists, but the novelty, Ute attraction, was to hear
Rossini himself sing the solos - in a cantuta (or ' ottavino') which he ..."
6. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"... quarto fiasco ('/O, ottavino 0/s)i these must be bought outright. In ROME the
commonest wines, besides the Tuscan, are those of the neighbourhood ( Vini ..."
7. Italy from the Alps to Naples: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1904)
"Smaller bottles may sometimes be obtained: mezzo fiasco (1/2), quarto fiasco ('/4),
ottavino ('/§); these must be bought outright. ..."
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