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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Voces Aretinæ

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3936729A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Voces AretinæGeorge GroveWilliam Smyth Rockstro


VOCES ARETINÆ. A name given to the syllables, Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La; first used by Guido d'Arezzo for the purpose of Solmisation, in the early part of the 11th century. [See Solmisation.]

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