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‖ mezzo-soprano, n. and a. Mus.|ˌmɛdzəʊsəˈprɑːnəʊ, -ts-|
[It.: see mezzo a. and soprano.]
a. The part intermediate in compass between the soprano and contralto;
b. a voice of this pitch or compass;
c. a person having such a voice.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Mezzo Soprano, in the Italian music, is the high tenor, which has the cleff C on the second line. 1878T. Helmore Catech. Mus. xliii. 84 The contraltos and mezzo-sopranos may sing the bass an octave higher in the exercises.
d. attrib. or adj.
1811Busby Dict. Mus. (ed. 3), Mezzo Soprano Cliff, the name given to the Cliff when placed on the first line of the stave, in order to accommodate the Mezzo Soprano voice. 1885M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. iii. 94 Hilda had a superb mezzo-soprano voice. |