dulciana principaln.

Brit.

/dʌlsɪˌɑːnə ˈprɪnsᵻpl/,

/dʌlsɪˌanə ˈprɪnsᵻpl/, U.S.

/ˌdəlsiˌɑnə ˈprɪnsəp(ə)l/

Forms: frequently with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dulciana n., principal adj.

Etymology: < dulciana n. + principal adj.

Music.

An organ stop resembling the dulciana, but an octave higher in pitch; = dulcet n. 2.

ΚΠ

1789 Organ Specif. Greenwich Hosp. in G. Grove Dict. Music (1880) II. 598/1 Swell Organ. Open Diapason. Stopped Diapason. Dulciana. Principal. Dulciana Principal.

1834 Christian Remembrancer Jan. 47 In the organs at the Chapel Royal, Windsor, and Rochester Cathedral, we find a third dulciana, called dulciana principal.

1894 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 22 June 4/6 The great organ stops are open diapason, salcionel.., and dulciana principal.

1965 Musical Times 106 544/2 Principal now means the rank above the manual 8′ or the pedal 16′, and nobody thought it odd to call a small-scaled, rather insignificant stop Dulciana Principal (the first in Green's organ at Greenwich Hospital, 1789), although there was nothing to make one think this was the main, chief or principal stop in the organ.

1990 N. Thistlethwaite Making of Victorian Organ 111 The celestina 4' might be an open wood register..or it might be a dulciana principal of metal (Buckingham described an example at Lowther Castle).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dulciana principal
释义	dulciana principaln. Brit. /dʌlsɪˌɑːnə ˈprɪnsᵻpl/, /dʌlsɪˌanə ˈprɪnsᵻpl/, U.S. /ˌdəlsiˌɑnə ˈprɪnsəp(ə)l/ Forms: frequently with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dulciana n., principal adj. Etymology: < dulciana n. + principal adj. Music. An organ stop resembling the dulciana, but an octave higher in pitch; = dulcet n. 2. ΚΠ 1789 Organ Specif. Greenwich Hosp. in G. Grove Dict. Music (1880) II. 598/1 Swell Organ. Open Diapason. Stopped Diapason. Dulciana. Principal. Dulciana Principal. 1834 Christian Remembrancer Jan. 47 In the organs at the Chapel Royal, Windsor, and Rochester Cathedral, we find a third dulciana, called dulciana principal. 1894 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 22 June 4/6 The great organ stops are open diapason, salcionel.., and dulciana principal. 1965 Musical Times 106 544/2 Principal now means the rank above the manual 8′ or the pedal 16′, and nobody thought it odd to call a small-scaled, rather insignificant stop Dulciana Principal (the first in Green's organ at Greenwich Hospital, 1789), although there was nothing to make one think this was the main, chief or principal stop in the organ. 1990 N. Thistlethwaite Making of Victorian Organ 111 The celestina 4' might be an open wood register..or it might be a dulciana principal of metal (Buckingham described an example at Lowther Castle). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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