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Definition of Contraltos
1. contralto [n] - See also: contralto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contraltos
Literary usage of Contraltos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday by Henry Charles Lahee (1898)
"contraltos AND BA$SOS. THE contralto in an opera company has a somewhat thankless
task. Her fate is to be either a boy, or else a nurse, duenna, ..."
2. Great Singers by George Titus Ferris (1902)
"... perhaps, contributed more than any other singer to making the music of Donizetti
popular throughout Europe. MARIETTA ALBONI. The Greatest of contraltos. ..."
3. The Art of Singing: Based on the Principles of the Old Italian Singing by William Shakespeare (1910)
"... and gradually, as freedom is acquired, up to F. By Mezzo-Soprano-contraltos,
from low Bb to С (third space), and later to E. By contraltos, from low A ..."
4. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"... (contraltos and basses) were far less numerous than those for the higher (sopranos
and tenors). Lord Mount Edgcumbe (died 1839), who lived to make ..."
5. Prof. H. Kling's Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation: Or, The Art of by Henri Kling (1905)
"At any rate, the women —sopranos and contraltos — should be in front, seated ;
the tenors standing behind the contraltos ; and the basses standing behind ..."
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