second violon

Definition of the French term second violon in music:

second violin (the secondary violin role in an orchestra, often accompanying the first violin)

Language

French

Singular

second violon

Plural

seconds violons

Variants

2^e violon2^d violon2e violon2d violonII^e violonII^d violonIIe violonIId violon2^ds violons2ds violonsII^ds violonsIIds violons

Abbreviation

2^e Vl.

Alt. abbreviations

2^e Vl.2^d Vl.II^e Vl.II^d Vl.2^e Vln.2^d Vln.II^e Vln.II^d Vln.2^e Vn.2^d Vn.II^e Vn.II^d Vn.2^e Viol.2^d Viol.II^e Viol.II^d Viol.2^e V.2^d V.II^e V.II^d V.2^ds V^ons (plural)II^ds V^ons (plural)2^ds V^ns (plural)II^ds V^ns (plural)

Synonym

deuxième violon

Music scores that include second violon:

Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231 (1923) Page 1
Camille Saint-Saëns: Allegro appassionato (1873) Page 1
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre (1874) Page 1
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco (1841) Page 2
Jacques Ibert: Escales (1920‑1922) Page 1
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux (1737) Page 1
Maurice Ravel: Boléro (1928) Page 2

French musical terms related to second violon:

second – second (ordinal number)
violon – violin (bowed string instrument)...

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