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Diesis   Listen
noun
Diesis  n.  (pl. dieses)  
1.
(Mus.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals.
2.
(Print.) The mark Dagger; called also double dagger. It is used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
Synonyms: double obelisk.





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"Diesis" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Barbier and Guillaume Tell, and some performances of Moise, belonged to the past. They still went to see Otello at the Theatre-Italien, but that was to hear Tamberlick's C diesis. Rossini was under so little illusion that he tried to oppose the effort to have Semiramide put into the repertoire at the Opera. And, nevertheless, the Parisian ...
— Musical Memories • Camille Saint-Saens


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