Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sotto voce (Italian pronunciation: ['sotto 'vo:t e], literally "under voice") means intentionally lowering one's voice for emphasis. The speaker gives the impression of uttering involuntarily a truth which may surprise, shock, or offend. Galileo Galilei's (possibly apocryphal) utterance "Eppur si muove" ("Nonetheless, [the Earth] does move") spoken on his knees before the Pope recanting his recantation of the heliocentric theory is an example of sotto voce utterance. In music, sotto voce denotes a dramatic lowering of the vocal or instrumental volume — not necessarily pianissimo, but with a definitely hushed quality. An example of sotto voce occurs in the Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor. The singers lower their volume in order to attain emphasis. In literature, drama, and rhetoric, sotto voce is again used to denote emphasis attained by lowering one's voice, rather than raising it, similar to the effect provided by the aside.

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