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voix céleste

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Also known as: vox angelica

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history of organs

In keyboard instrument: Italy
…forerunner of the similarly constructed voix céleste stop popular in the 19th-century romantic organ. The scale of the classic Italian principale was not much different from its counterpart in the north, but its mouth was narrower, its voicing more delicate, and there was a notable lack of chiff. Reeds were…
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