Altissimo (Italian for very high) is the uppermost register on woodwind instruments. For clarinets, which overblow on odd harmonics, the altissimo notes...

Cogimur jubente altissimo is a papal bull issued by Pope Sixtus IV on 8 April 1481 calling for a crusade against the Ottoman Empire. Sixtus granted indulgences...

Look up altissimo or altissima in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Altissimo (Italian, 'very high', feminine form: altissima) is the uppermost register...

Naxos comprises numerous companies, divisions, imprints, and labels specializing in classical music but also audiobooks and other genres. The premier label...

Altissimo is an album by alto saxophonists Gary Bartz, Lee Konitz, Jackie McLean and Charlie Mariano which was recorded in Denmark in 1973 and first released...

Monte Altissimo di Nago is one of the highest summits of the Monte Baldo mountain range and thereby part of the Garda Mountains in northern Italy. The...

Cristofano dell'Altissimo (c. 1525–1605) was an Italian painter in Florence. For duke Cosimo I de' Medici he copied in Como at least 280 of the portraits...

Renato Altissimo (4 October 1940 – 17 April 2015) was an Italian politician and minister. He was born in Portogruaro, near Venice. Altissimo was a member...

is B♭3 to F6 (or F♯6), with the higher altissimo register starting at F♯6 (or G6). The saxophone's altissimo register is more difficult to control than...

Monte Altissimo is a mountain in the Bergamasque Prealps, with a height of 1,703 metres (5,587 ft). It is located between the lower Val Camonica, the...

next to the F♯ key. Additionally, skilled players can make use of the altissimo register, which allows them to cover these notes and play even higher...

Altissimo is a comune (municipality) in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is located in the hills of Chiampo valley. Even though the civic and...

Italian Republican Party (PRI). In the 1980s the party was led by Renato Altissimo and Alfredo Biondi. In 1992–1994 the Italian party system was shaken by...

elevation of 65 m on Lake Garda. Other prominent peaks in the range are Monte Altissimo di Nago (2,079 m), Cima del Longino (2,180 m), Cima delle Pozzette (2...

devices like multiphonics, utilization of overtones, and playing in the altissimo register, as well as a mutated return to Coltrane's sheets of sound. In...

varies between the three main registers (the chalumeau, clarion, and altissimo). The A and B♭ clarinets have nearly the same bore and nearly identical...

Tue so le laude, la gloria e l'honore et onne benedictione. Ad Te solo, Altissimo, se konfano, et nullu homo ène dignu te mentouare. Laudato sie, mi Signore...

(often both) altered (sharpened or flattened) 5th or 9th altissimo Very high; see also in altissimo alto High; often refers to a particular range of voice...

(dati: Istat 01/01/2018): Agugliaro Albettone Alonte Altavilla Vicentina Altissimo Arcugnano Arsiero Arzignano Asiago Asigliano Veneto Barbarano Mossano...

(Chandos, 1999) Frederick Fennell with the United States Marine Band (Altissimo, 2008) John P. Lynch with the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble (Naxos...

clarinet and jazz orchestra by Artie Shaw. The piece ends with a "legendary" altissimo C. The piece is a "pastiche thrown together out of some boogie-woogie...

Valdritta, 2,218 m Punta Telegrafo, 2,200 m Monte Bondone, 2,180 m Monte Altissimo di Nago, 2,079 m Monte Caplone, 1,976 m Monte Tremalzo, 1,974 m Monte...

soprano saxophones even have a high G key. Notes above this are part of the altissimo register and require advanced embouchure techniques and fingering combinations...

Mountains in northern Italy. The saddle separates the more solitary Monte Altissimo di Nago (2078 m) in the north from the rest of the range with the long...

incorporation of devices like multiphonics, use of overtones, and playing in the altissimo register, as well as a mutated return of Coltrane's sheets of sound. In...

orchestra and for his wide range, especially his ability to play in the altissimo register. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Anderson lost both parents...

(Wagner) In rare instances, some coloratura sopranos are able to sing in altissimo above high F (F6). This type of singer is sometimes referred to as a soprano...

orders and left a chain of large debts impacting upon local suppliers. Altissimo Ltd is a new firm backed by a group of Swiss and Dutch investors, and...

was also notable for his ability to produce extremely high notes, the altissimo register, on his saxophone. Desmond played a Selmer Super Balanced Action...

flute". Pan: The Flute Magazine. 26 (4): 23–29. Rewoldt, Todd (2000). "Altissimo quarter-tones for the alto saxophone". Saxophone Symposium. 25: 56–69...