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单词 mute cornet
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mute cornet
mute cornet n. (chiefly in form mute cornett) now often historical a straight woodwind instrument, typically made of wood, horn, or ivory, with finger holes and an integral conical mouthpiece.Used by composers during the 16th and 17th centuries, it is also sometimes played in modern performances of music from this period. Also referred to as the zinke in historical contexts (see zinke n. 2).In quot. ?1603 with the adjective used postpositively. In quot. 1637 probably with pun on sense A. 1a. [Compare Italian cornetto muto (1566 or earlier), German stiller Zinke (1732 or earlier). So called as the instrument produces a softened, muted sound.]
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?1603 Mournefull Dittie Elizabeths Losse (single sheet) Mourne Trumpets shrill, mourne Cornets mute & round.]
1637 I. W. Valiant Scot ii. sig. E2 Here's a bunny noyse of Fidlers to gang fra winehouse to winehouse, a blind harper, a mute Cornet, and an old Scotch bagpipe worne toth' stumps.
1886 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 19 Nov. 5/2 The tone from the mute-cornet and organ seemed to be far distant.
2007 D. Kirk in J. Kite-Powell Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music (ed. 2) xi. 112 Mute cornetts mix well with flutes and stringed instruments in Renaissance and early Baroque music.
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