con sordino – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term con sordino in music:

with mute
on piano: either without the sustain pedal (especially in music from the 18th to 19th century) or with the soft pedal (especially in later music)

Language

Italian

Singular

con sordino

Plural

con sordini

Abbreviation

con sord.

Alt. abbreviation

c.s.

Italian musical terms that include con sordino:

largo con sordino – slow with mute...
quasi con sordino – as if with mute
tutti con sordini – all with mutes

Music scores that include con sordino:

Alfredo Casella: Symphony No. 2 (1908‑10) Page 1
Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936) Page 3
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 (1886) Page 3
Haydn: The Creation (1796‑1798) Page 1
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (1830) Page 1
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910) Page 1
Max Reger: Hymne der Liebe (1914) Page 2
Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome (1924) Page 1
Sergey Prokofiev: Sur le Borysthène (1933) Page 4
Sergey Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 (1938‑1946) Page 4

Italian musical terms related to con sordino:

col sordino – with mute...
colle sordine – with mute...
con – with
con sordina – with mute...
corno sordo – muted horn
mettere la sordina – put the mute on...
mettete i sordini – put the mute on...
sordino – mute (device attached to a musical instrument that...