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CONTRALTO (from Ital. contra-alto, i.e. next above the alto)

CONTRALTO (from Ital. contra-See also:
ALTO (Ital. for " high ")
alto, i.e. next above the alto) , the -See also:

TERM

term for the lowest variety of the See also:

FEMALE

female See also:

VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice, as distinguished from the See also:

SOPRANO (a variant of Ital. sovrano, supreme, sovereign, Late Lat. superanus, from super, above)

soprano and mezzo-soprano . Originally it signified, in choral See also:

MUSIC

music, the See also:

PART

part next higher than the See also:

ALTO (Ital. for " high ")

alto, given to the falsetto See also:

COUNTER

counter-See also:

TENOR (through Fr. and It. from Lat. tenor, holding on, course, sense of a law, tone)

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