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Definition of Tenor voice
1. Noun. The adult male singing voice above baritone.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenor Voice
Literary usage of Tenor voice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"The average compass of the tenor voice is С to A or В (a), though in large rooms
notes below F (b) are usually of little avail. ..."
2. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"Tenor C. The lowest С in the tenor voice; the lowest string of the viola, ...
tenor voice ; a tenor. Tenor trombone. A trombone having a compass from the ..."
3. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"Tenor C. The lowest С in the tenor voice ; the lowest string of the viola, ...
tenor voice ; a tenor. Tenor trombone. A trombone having a compass from the ..."
4. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"Tenor C. The lowest С in the tenor voice ; the lowest string of the viola, ...
tenor voice ; a tenor. Tenor trombone. A trombone having a compass from the ..."
5. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
"The part taken by a tenor voice ; hence, by transference, a prefix to names of
instr.s taking parts of similar compass, as tenor trombone; specifically, ..."
6. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"tenor voice; a tenor. Tenor Trombone. A trombone having a compass from the ...
The male voice next above the tenor voice; the lowest of the female voices. ..."
7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A tenor voice having somewhat of the breadth and sonority of a barytone is often
... A falsetto tenor voice, or a singer with such a voice ; particularly, ..."
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