单词 | vox humana |
例句 | Among the hundreds of stops that organists use to imitate different instruments, there is one labeled vox humana or “human voice.” Early-Music Ensembles: Praised as Pure, but Seeking More 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z There is a vox humana stop out in whatever organ plays it, magnetic to the human passions that memory and imagination keep. A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.990Z We went through the same process again, only I kept my foot on the vox humana pedal until I had crammed it 'way into fortissimo. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z But she pulled out every stop of the feminine organ, the clarion, the stopped diapason, flute, bird-stop, vox humana, and, lastly, the tremolo stop. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z And the windows—the sunlight filtering in through that one on the left was like the organ when the vox humana pedal is on—all shimmering. Thirty At length Harris challenged his redoubtable rival to make certain additional reed stops, vox humana, cremona, double bassoon and other stops, within a given time. Old and New London Volume I The vox humana pealed on high, The Spring is risen again! The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems The vox humana interpreting national melodies is infinitely better. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The wonderful "vox humana" stop also belongs to this manual. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use These extra high notes are from their extreme sweetness called vox humana. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" But here and there the note has been struck with the sudden vibration of the vox humana. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Owls have very expressive notes; p. 115they hoot in a fine vocal sound, much resembling the vox humana, and reducible by a pitch-pipe to a musical key. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 The organ has many so-called registers, as the vox humana, flute, oboe, etc. Resonance in Singing and Speaking I dragged it out plaintively, with a vox humana tremolo on the coaxing little refrain. The Prairie Wife Let us hope that this most irreverent description will not apply to the vox humana of our instrument, after all the science and skill that have been expended upon it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 The vox humana stopped, not gradually, but abruptly, as if the heart had broken and its life had gone out in the one supreme effort. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others He found the vox humana “the voice of a psalm-singing clerk”. A Wanderer in Holland And a lady, instead of informing her friend that it was a vox humana stop, called it a vox populi. The Parish Clerk Fairy fingers flash before me as the bow sweeps o'er each string; Like the organ's vox humana, Hark! the instrument can sing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 11, 1890 His careful fingers found a chord, and the yellow notes responded with their sweet, thin cadence--the vox humana stop was out. The Happy Venture Or was it some monster shut up behind that carved brass frame, behind those great silver columns—some despairing monster begging, screaming for freedom! it was the vox humana! Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates I'm a homely little bit of tin and bone; I'm beloved by the Legion of the Lost; I haven't got a "vox humana" tone, And a dime or two will satisfy my cost. Ballads of a Cheechako In the same passage his note immediately changes to the soft vox humana of— "We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep." Halleck's New English Literature He has touched the vox humana stop of the crowd: it fairly roars. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales The organ itself was peculiarly sweet in tone, the "vox humana" stop especially producing an entrancingly rich and tender sound. A Romance of Two Worlds The vox humana was stilled, but in the glorious hymn of thanksgiving that now arose, one could almost hear the throbbing of a human heart. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates Owls have very expressive notes; they hoot in a fine vocal sound, much resembling the vox humana, and reducible by a pitch-pipe to a musical key. The Natural History of Selborne |
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