‖ falso bordone Mus.
(ˈfalso borˈdone)
[It. falso false + bordone bourdon2.]
= faburden.
| 1740 Grassineau Mus. Dict. 1801 T. Busby Dict. Mus. sig. G4 Falso bordone, a term applied in the early days of descant to such counterpoint as had either a drone bass, or some part constantly moving in the same interval with it. 1876 [see basso ostinato]. 1961 Listener 5 Oct. 535/3 The solemn falsobordoni of Monteverdi's Dixit Dominus. |