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‘Devil's Trill’ Sonata
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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‘Devil's Trill’ Sonata (Trillo del Diavolo or Sonata del Diavolo). Nickname of vn. sonata in G minor by
Tartini, comp.
c.1714, which has a long trill in the last of its 4 movts. The legend is that Tartini dreamed he had made a deal with the Devil to whom he gave his vn. The Devil played a solo so beautiful that Tartini awoke and tried to play what he had heard. He failed but comp. the ‘Devil's Trill’. The sonata was found by
Baillot (1771–1842) and first pub. in
L'Art du violon (1798, 1801) by Cartier. Legend is subject of ballet
Le Violon du diable with mus. by Pugni, Paris 1849.
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trill
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
trill / tril / • n. a quavering or vibratory sound...alternation of sung or played notes: they heard the muffled trill of the telephone the caged bird launched into a piercing trill. ∎ the pronunciation of a consonant...
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‘Devil's Trill’ Sonata
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
‘Devil's Trill’ Sonata ( Trillo del Diavolo...Tartini , comp. c. 1714, which has a long trill in the last of its 4 movts. The legend...failed but comp. the ‘Devil's Trill’. The sonata was found by...
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R-SOUNDS
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...hearing Veddy Ameddican . (5) An alveolar trill or roll. If the tongue is held in such...against the alveolar ridge, the result is a trill or roll, a usage marked in Spanish by...approximant, a uvulur fricative, and a uvular trill (as in Parisian-French). Small numbers...
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quaver
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
quaver vibrate, tremble XV; trill or shake in singing; also trans. XVI. frequent. (see -ER4 ) of ME. quave...QUAKE . Hence quaver sb. (mus.) note equal to half a crotchet XVI; shake or trill XVII; tremulous cry, etc. XVIII.
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burr
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...sing. ] a rough sounding of the sound r , esp. with a uvular trill (a "French r ") as in certain Northern England accents...xA0; (loosely) a regional accent charcterized by such a trill: a soft Scottish burr. 2. (also bur ) a rough edge or ridge...
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