violoncelle
Definition of the French term violoncelle in music:
- cello
- organ string stop usually of 8' pitch designed to imitate the sound of a cello (equivalent to "Cello" in English, "Violoncello" in German, and "Violoncello" in Italian)
Language
French
Singular
violoncelle
Plural
violoncelles
Abbreviation
Vc.
Alt. abbreviations
Vlc.Vcl.VcelleVelleVlleVelle.Vcelles (plural)Velles (plural)Vlles (plural)
Combinations
French musical terms that include violoncelle:
- à deux violoncelles – for two cellos
- deux violoncelles – two cellos
- méthode de violoncelle – cello method (method for playing the cello)
- pour piano et violoncelle – for piano and cello
- pour violoncelle – for cello
- violon et violoncelle – violin and cello
- violoncelle électrique – electric cello
- violoncelle solo – cello solo (passage in which the cello is featured...
- violoncelles et contrebasse – cellos and double bass
Musical examples
Music scores that include violoncelle:
- Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231 (1923) Page 1
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre (1874) Page 1
- Claude Debussy: La mer (1903‑1905) Page 1
- Darius Milhaud: La création du monde (1922‑1923) Page 1
- Gabriel Fauré: Pavane (1887) Page 1
- Hector Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (1837) Page 1
- Jacques Ibert: Escales (1920‑1922) Page 1
- Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux (1737) Page 1
- Léo Delibes: Lakmé (1883) Page 1
- Maurice Ravel: Boléro (1928) Page 2
Related terms
French musical terms related to violoncelle:
- alto – viola (string instrument)...
- contrebasse – double bass (string instrument)...
- gambe – viol...
- octobasse – octobass (large bowed string instrument invented i...
- viole – viol (viola da gamba)...
- violette – violetta (16th-century musical instrument, similar...
- violon – violin (bowed string instrument)...
- violone – violone (term used for several large instruments i...