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Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Altissimo

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68972Complete Encyclopaedia of Music — AltissimoJohn Weeks Moore

Altissimo, or ALTISS. (I.) This wore (the superlative of alto) is applied to all notes situated above F in alt ; i. e., those notes which are more than an octave above F on the fifth line in the G, or treble clef.