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Definition of Contralti
1. contralto [n] - See also: contralto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contralti
Literary usage of Contralti
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirty years' musical recollections by Henry Fothergill Chorley (1862)
"gions as high as those devoted by Handel to his contralti — while contralti must
now possess themselves of soprano notes, " by hook or by crook"—and soprani ..."
2. The Looker-on: Musical, Dramatic, Literary edited by William Hansell Fleming (1895)
"... soprani and contralti. The composers then wrote for the singers, and you may
be sure they wrote nothing that they could not sing to perfection. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"... and even, which is more remarkable, in flexibility, recent contralti have
certainly equalled, perhaps surpassed, vocalists of every other class. ..."
4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1867)
"All four parts are effective, having breadth and fulness, not excepting the
contralti, who have frequently been weak before. Many amateur singers from our ..."
5. An Open Door for Singers: Hints to Vocalists by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1912)
"All tenors and soprani were expected to sing very high, basses and contralti had
their fixed, limited range. Mendelssohn began, with Elijah, ..."
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