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Definition of Countertenors
1. countertenor [n] - See also: countertenor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countertenors
Literary usage of Countertenors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Veto Power of the Governor of Illinois by Niels Henriksen Debel (1917)
"In 1512 it was composed of fifteen persons — six children and nine men, basses,
tenors and countertenors,3 and then cost Northumberland £35: 15s. annually, ..."
2. The Household of a Tudor Nobleman by Paul Van Brunt Jones (1918)
"In 1512 it was composed of fifteen persons — six children and nine men, basses,
tenors and countertenors,3 and then cost Northumberland £35: 15s. annually, ..."
3. The history of the violin, and other instruments played on with the bow from by William Sandys, Simon Andrew Forster (1864)
"... and in referring to the harmony produced by the twenty-four royal fiddlers,
who consisted of six treble violins, six countertenors, six tenors, ..."
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