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‖ port de voix Mus.|pɔr də vwa| [Fr., lit. ‘carrying of the voice’.] A kind of appoggiatura (see quot. 1944).
1740J. Grassineau Mus. Dict. 182 Port de voix, a French term, which signifies the faculty and habitude of making shakes, passages, and diminutions, wherein the beauty of a song or piece of music greatly consists. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 364/2 Port de voix (Fr.), a kind of appogiatura combined with the Pincé. 1944W. Apel Harvard Dict. Mus. 595/1 Port de voix,..one of the most important French agréments of the 17th and 18th centuries. Essentially it is an upward-resolved suspension or appoggiatura... Usually..both appoggiatura and resolution are repeated, so that the ornament consists of four notes, the last three forming a pincé. 1978Early Music Oct. 518/2 The port de voix, being firstly a connecting note and secondly a fluctuation of pitch, usually upwards, but also downwards, can be viewed as the most rudimentary form of decoration. 1979Ibid. Jan. 22/1 When the Port de voix was shown as a rising grace note it could often be followed by a pincé without the need for a separate sign. |