| 释义 |
sopranino, n. and a.|sopraˈnino|
[a. It. sopranino, dim. of soprano n. (and a.).]
A. n. An instrument (usu. wind) of higher pitch than a soprano (see soprano 3 b).
B. adj. Of or pertaining to such an instrument, as a recorder.
1907T. S. Wotton Dict. Mus. Terms 185 Sopranino, the diminutive of Soprano, a term applied to an instrument of higher pitch than that defined as soprano. 1938Oxf. Compan. Music 785/2 The ‘Flauto Piccolo’ of Handel in Acis and Galatea is the little sopranino recorder, an octave above the treble one (or possibly the flageolet was used). Ibid. 832/1 Sopranino Saxhorn in E Flat (or F): also called Soprano Saxhorn; also often miscalled Soprano Flügelhorn or Flügelhorn Piccolo. 1939A. Carse Musical Wind Instruments xiii. 177 Each group [of saxophones] was in seven sizes... 1. Sopranino..2. Soprano [etc.]. 1954[see pardessus 2]. 1964S. Marcuse Mus. Instruments (1966) 485/2 Sopranino clarinet, clarinet pitched between the ordinary C clarinet and the piccolo clarinet in high A♭. Ibid., The sopranino in D was in use in 18th- and 19th-c. orchestras. 1968Observer (Colour Suppl.) 19 May 40/5 His nice Irish wife..warms up the sopraninas (very small recorders) by cradling them inside her blouse. 1977Times 27 May 16/4 A new type of violin, the 111/4 in sopranino, with strings of such high tension that when they were first used in the United States, the player wore protective goggles in case they snapped. |