sourdine

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The more complete sourdine, which muted all the strings by contact of a long strip of leather, acted as the staccato, pizzicato, or pianissimo.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various

Their embrace gradually became a whispered conversation, at first interrupted, but then accompanied by subdued sobbing, which was checked and began again, like music with sourdine.

From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne

Many are like the music en sourdine of Paul Verlaine in his "Chanson D'Automne" or "Le Piano que Baise une Main Frele."

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James