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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. A musical term used in the phrase in altissimo, literally in the highest, that is, in the second octave above the treble staff, beginning with G. See alt.

Wiktionary

  1. n. music The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Mus.) The part or notes situated above F in alt.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. very high

Etymologies

  1. From Italian altissimo (Wiktionary)

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  • “So if you enter the search terms: "altissimo" sigurd, you will get results on: alto and sigurd, which are entirely different.”

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  • “Outland Trophy (Miglior Lineman): Mike Iupati di Idaho il nome nuovo, capitano dei Vandals ha giocato una stagione ad altissimo livello, dimostrando di vouch for recuperato ottimamente dallinfortunio alla spalla della passata stagione che lo aveva costretto the chiuderla in via anticipata; left guard, ormai titolare indiscusso da tre anni e dovrebbe presentarsi al breeze di questanno.”

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  • “George Eastman ha anche scritto Deserto di fuoco, in cui compare un cast di altissimo livello, criminal Vittorio Gassman e Claudia Cardinale.”

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  • “Lo recuerdo recitando en italiano los versos del altissimo poeta ...”

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  • “Solent enim, vt plurimum deesse nautis tam immensi funes, vt in altissimo æquore anchoram demittant: Igitur in dorsis cetorum, respondet Munsterus.”

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  • “For so we see, aspiring to be like God in power, the angels transgressed and fell; Ascendam, et ero similis altissimo: by aspiring to be like God in knowledge, man transgressed and fell;”

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  • “Solent enim, vt plurimum deesse nautis tam immensi funes, vt in altissimo 鎞uore anchoram demittant: Igitur in dorsis cetorum, respondet Munsterus.”

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  • “Et Melchisedec rex Salem protulit panem et vinum: et ipse erat sacerdos Deo altissimo.”

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  • “The manual compass extended to G in _altissimo_ and the pedals from CCC to G-- 32 notes.”

    The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments

  • “_In altissimo_ -- pitches in the octave above the _alt_ octave.”

    Music Notation and Terminology

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