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Definition of Contralto
1. Adjective. Of or being the lowest female voice.
2. Noun. A woman singer having a contralto voice.
Specialized synonyms: Anderson, Marian Anderson, Ernestine Schumann-heink, Schumann-heink
3. Noun. The lowest female singing voice.
Definition of Contralto
1. n. The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.
2. a. Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice.
Definition of Contralto
1. Noun. (music) The lowest female voice or voice part, higher than tenor and lower than 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 male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contralto
1. [n CONTRALTOS or CONTRALTI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contralto
Literary usage of Contralto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman (1891)
"A contralto VOICE. May p, Sunday.—Visit this evening to my friends the J.'s— good
supper, to which I did justice—lively chat with Mrs. J. and 1. and J. As I ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Dramatic Songs for Soprano, contralto, Tenor, and Bass Voices; lour Books and an
Appendix,'1856. 8. ' Three Sacred Songs for a Child,' 1857. 9. ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"contralto is the deepest or lowest species of musical voice in boys, ... The low
contralto in particular has a fullness of tone combined with power in the ..."
4. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"IN WHICH WE HEAR A SOPRANO AND A contralto. HE most hospitable and polite of
Colonels would not hear of Mrs. Mackenzie and her daughter quitting his house ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1868)
"IN WHICH WE HEAR A SOPRANO AND A contralto. HE most hospitable and polite of
Colonels would not hear of Mrs. Mackenzie and her daughter quitting his house ..."
6. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... soprano or (rare) sopranist, alto, contralto, nightingale (flg.), siren, prima
donna. 4. Referring to birds: song bird, songster, songstress (Jem. ..."
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