voix céleste – Definition in music

Definition of the French term voix céleste in music:

organ stop of 8' pitch with slightly detuned pipes, designed to produce an undulating effect when combined with normally tuned stops (equivalent to "Voce Celeste" in Italian and "Vox Coelestis" in Latin)

Language

French

Singular

voix céleste

Plural

voix célestes

Variant

vox céleste

Abbreviation

Vx. Céleste

Music scores that include voix céleste:

Franz Liszt: Missa pro organo (1879) Page 1
Franz Liszt: Requiem für die Orgel (1883) Page 3

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