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Definition of cornetto in English: cornetto(also cornett) nounPlural cornetts, Plural cornetti kɔːˈnɛtəʊkôrˈnedō A woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries, typically curved, with finger holes and a cup-shaped mouthpiece. Example sentencesExamples - The multi-skills of the instrumentalists is a source of wonder and, again, the virtuosity is of a sort that does not seek to dazzle; cornetts and shawms are harder than they sound here.
- Their concert, entitled Per Cantare e Sonare, consisted of pieces by Monteverdi and his lesser-known contemporaries, the cornetto often standing in for a second voice.
- The cornetto, for example, which is an instrument that pretty much died out after this period was considered the instrument closest to the human voice, and it makes a very vocal sound.
- Jo Wherry, on violin and treble viol, played an excellent descant solo, and Jonathan Burr, who is able to produce music on the difficult mediaeval cornett, also has a pleasant singing voice.
- From the 1570s several north Italian composers wrote such pieces, which could be played either by an ensemble (perhaps a viol consort or a group of cornetts and sackbuts) or on a keyboard instrument.
Origin Late 19th century: from Italian, diminutive of corno 'horn', from Latin cornu. Compare with cornet1. Rhymes allegretto, amaretto, amoretto, Canaletto, falsetto, ghetto, larghetto, libretto, Loreto, Orvieto, ristretto, Soweto, stiletto, Tintoretto, vaporetto, zucchetto Definition of cornetto in US English: cornetto(also cornett) nounkôrˈnedō A woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries, typically curved, with finger holes and a cup-shaped mouthpiece. Example sentencesExamples - From the 1570s several north Italian composers wrote such pieces, which could be played either by an ensemble (perhaps a viol consort or a group of cornetts and sackbuts) or on a keyboard instrument.
- The multi-skills of the instrumentalists is a source of wonder and, again, the virtuosity is of a sort that does not seek to dazzle; cornetts and shawms are harder than they sound here.
- Their concert, entitled Per Cantare e Sonare, consisted of pieces by Monteverdi and his lesser-known contemporaries, the cornetto often standing in for a second voice.
- The cornetto, for example, which is an instrument that pretty much died out after this period was considered the instrument closest to the human voice, and it makes a very vocal sound.
- Jo Wherry, on violin and treble viol, played an excellent descant solo, and Jonathan Burr, who is able to produce music on the difficult mediaeval cornett, also has a pleasant singing voice.
Origin Late 19th century: from Italian, diminutive of corno ‘horn’, from Latin cornu. Compare with cornet. |