| 单词 | in alto |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin alto 2. High pitch of voice or instrument; = alt n.1 1. Chiefly in in alto: in the octave immediately above the top line of the treble stave. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > high pitch alt1535 alto1597 height1597 trebleness1626 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶3 Whether the Author meant G sol re vt in Base, which standeth in space, or G sol re ut in alto which standeth on the rule. 1789 A. Bayly Alliance Musick, Poetry & Oratory i. 20 The full natural voice di petto..rarely comes to g in alto without screaming. 1822 W. Pinnock Catech. Music (ed. 7) xii. 41 Q. Are not the words in alto sometimes added to the octave? A. In alto, when used in the treble, means that the notes are to be played an octave higher as far as the points after the sign extend. 1870 T. Martin tr. Horace Satires i. iii, in Odes, Epodes & Satires (ed. 3) 265 From C in alto down to double D. 1939 Music Educators Jrnl. 26 46/1 Low F sharps in alto. in alto 1. Of, relating to, or designating a voice, part, or instrumental line occupying the range between soprano and tenor; (also) that is in alto, high-pitched.Recorded earliest in alto concertante n. at Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [adjective] > counter-tenor counter-tenor1598 alto1724 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective] > specific part treblec1440 contralto1771 alto1845 baritone1861 1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. Alto Concertante, the Tenor of the Little Chorus, or the Tenor that sings or plays throughout. 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 347 He desired the score of the ‘Requiem’ to be brought, and it was sung by his visiters [sic] around his bed, himself taking the alto part. 1849 Singing Class Circular & Musical Times 3 245/2 The soprano voice is higher in compass than the alto voice. 1871 H. R. Haweis Music & Morals ii. ix. 353 A quiet alto song, full of solemn pathos. 1948 G. Oldroyd Technique & Spirit Fugue xii. 187 The alto line beginning in bar 77 shows how a little metamorphosis of theme can play its part. 1972 G. Gould Let. 17 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 190 The third beat should either be arpeggiated in a bottom to top fashion, or be deprived of the alto C sharp. 1993 What Hi-Fi? Oct. 242/2 Castrati were male singers, castrated at boyhood, in order to retain a soprano or alto voice. 2004 Opera Now Mar. 32/1 We have the score as originally written for a voice (male or female) of the alto type and at the C major pitch. < as lemmas |
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