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Lowest range for a woman singer
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contralto
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Word definitions for contralto in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contralto \Con*tral"to\ (? or ?), a. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context music English) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to a similar musical pitch, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or being the lowest female voice [syn: alto ] n. a woman singer having a contralto voice the lowest female singing voice [syn: alto ] [also: contralti (pl)]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Ben never seemed to make up his mind whether I was a contralto or a soprano. ▪ Her soprano was very pleasing although in a bigger choir he thought she might have been better employed as a contralto . ▪ She had a lovely contralto ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"lowest female voice," 1730, from Italian contralto ; see contra- "against, opposite" + alto . The part next above the alto.
Usage examples of contralto.
Madame Norma Bellini, whom you will of course remember from her superb solo recital last month in Stratford, is our contralto, and the great Carlos Pitney is our bass.
A negro boy sat holding a tomtom between his bare knees and beating it with supple hands, and a Jewess performed the stomach dance, waving two handkerchiefs stained red and purple, and singing in a loud and barbarous contralto voice which Domini could hear but very faintly.
The throaty contralto reminded Jack of Mercedes, a very, very pretty Minorcan girl he had known in this same inn before his promotion.
One of The Teacups, to whom I have slightly referred, is an accomplished pianist, and the two Annexes sing very sweetly together,--the American girl having a clear soprano voice, the English girl a mellow contralto.
That purring, contralto laugh rolled through my body, raising goosebumps along my skin.
A warm contralto, definitely feminine, the kind I'd normally love to have murmuring in my ear.
As the deep-toned viola entered with the main theme, a rich contralto voice joined in.
Sadi sat chatting with Velvet and Ce'Nedra, and his contralto voice seemed somehow as feminine as theirs.
Nesta's promising soprano, and her mother's contralto, and his baritone --a true baritone, not so well trained as their accurate notes--should be rising in spirited union with the curtain of that secret: there was matter for song and concert, triumph and gratulation in it.
Under the charm of Nataly's rich contralto during a duet with Priscilla Graves, she gesticulated ecstasies, and uttered them, and genuinely.
Concert platform, undertook one of the songs, and sang another of her own-pure contralto voice, as you will say.
For this reason or a better, he begged Nesta to supplant the flute duet with the soprano and contralto of the Helena section of the Mefistofele, called the Serenade: La Luna immobile.
The contralto was a young actress, determined to break into big time tri-d, who dutifully read through the material supplied, enunciating culinary words and displaying no curiosity as to the limitation of the audition.
Captain Meterios said in a breathy voice, but she was back down in the contralto register.
There was only a soft-voiced, attractive blonde, whose soothing contralto suggested that Grimes, sitting on his shoulder blades in a deep, comfortable chair, relax, relax, relax.