Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A 16-foot organ stop yielding stringlike tones similar to those of a cello.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The largest of the medieval viols; a double-bass viol.
- noun In organ-building, a pedal stop of sixteenfeet tone, resembling the violoncello.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also
double bass .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music An early
stringed instrument similar to adouble bass ; a double bass viol
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And No. 6 is a marvel, its dark hues never eclipsing the dancelike rhythms of the music and the fascinating interplay among viola, cello, viola da gamba and violone.
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The violin, however, weak of voice as it is, always carries the day, and the other instruments steal discontentedly back to their secondary places, the snuffy old violone keeping up a constant growl at its ill luck, and the trombone now and then leaping out like a tiger on its prey.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various
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A violone grunts out a low accompaniment to a vinegar-sharp violin which saws out the air, while a trumpet blares in at intervals to endeavor to unite the two, and a flute does what it can, but not what it would.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various
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Of these the earliest known is a “Romanesca per violone Solo e Basso se piaci,” and some dances, by Biagio Marini, published in 1620.
Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday Lahee, Henry C 1899
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Sileno sang the upper part and accompanied himself on the violone, while the lower parts were given to other instruments.
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Kyprianides-Potter, violoncello Phil Spray, violone Juan Mesa, harpsichord Recorded on
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Kyprianides-Potter, violoncello Phil Spray, violone Juan Mesa, harpsichord Recorded on
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Featuring Elizabeth Blumenstock and Katherine Kyme, baroque violins; Lisa Grodin, baroque viola, Joanna Blendulf, baroque cello; William Skeen, violone; Hanneke van Proosdij, chamber organ; David Tayler, theorbo.
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Kyprianides-Potter, violoncello Phil Spray, violone Juan Mesa, harpsichord Recorded on
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Kyprianides-Potter, violoncello Phil Spray, violone Juan Mesa, harpsichord Recorded on
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reesetee commented on the word violone
Also known as a double bass.
March 20, 2008