Sonorous

Evelyn Glennie at Moers Festival 2004

Evelyn Glennie creates sonorous music on the xylophone, marimba, and drums as the world’s preeminent solo percussionist—and she is profoundly deaf. She asserts that her purpose is to “teach the world how to listen”, claiming that we can register sound not only with our ears, but with our whole bodies. For this reason, she performs barefoot to better receive musical vibrations from the floor.

Sonorous (pronounced “SON-er-əs”)

1. Having or producing sound.
2.*Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
3. Impressive in style of speech: a sonorous oration.
4. Produced in the manner of a sonorant.

Etymology

From Latin sonare, meaining “to sound”. Sonare also brings us sonata, assonance, consonant, and dissonant.

Synonyms

resounding, plangent, resonant, rich

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