Eintrag · Lex. musicum Latinum
depresse adv.
depresse 1. tief (die Tonlage betreffend) 2. ? leise, gemäßigt, zurückhaltend (den Vortrag betreffend) — 1. low (with reference to pitch) 2. ? softly, moderately, holding back (with reference to performance) 1 tief (die Tonlage betreffend) — low (with reference to pitch) [opp.: alte] a allgemein — general [s.XV] LmLIoh. Olom. 5 p. 17: ⋅C⋅ grave fit clavis, sic ⋅c⋅g⋅ fers (ms.; ed.: fero) in acutis, ⋅Γ⋅ gammaque depresse, superans ⋅dd⋅ (ms.; ed.: dictis) scribis in arce (ms.; ed.: Graece). LmLIoh. Olom. 8 p. 40: Quilibet tonus autenticus ... descendere potest per unam depressius. LmLIoh. Olom. 9 p. 69: Inspiciatur quoque caute cantus, ne nimis (ed.: minus) alte aut depresse, sed mediocriter incipiatur (sim. LmLAnon. Tegerns. I p. 104). b die Erniedrigung um einen Halbton betreffend — with respect to lowering by a semitone [s.XV] LmLAnon. Carthus. pract. 7, 12: ⋅b⋅ vero rotunda dicitur ⋅b⋅ molle, quia sonus fa tendens ad descensum molliter, id est depresse sonari debet et cantari. cf. Trad. Holl. VI 34, 2.[] 2 ? leise, gemäßigt, zurückhaltend (den Vortrag betreffend) — ? softly, moderately, holding back (with reference to performance) [s.XV] LmLTrad. Holl. VI 39, 30: Similiter quoque aspiciat temporis congruitatem, ut scilicet pro tempore festivo et solemni alacrius et solemnius concinat, set gravius aut depressius tempore feriali. LmLNicol. Burt. 1, 30, 186: Nam acuta exclamatio fauces et vocem vulnerat, eadem laedit auditorem ... Si enim aliquantulum depresse incipiemus, paulatim fauces calefient et arteriae complebuntur, et vox, quae tracta est varie, reducetur in quendam sonum aequabilem atque constantem (inde LmLBonav. Brix. 28, 8).