单词 | baritone |
释义 | baritonen.adj. A. n. 1. The male voice of compass intermediate between tenor and bass, ranging from lower A in the bass clef to lower F in the treble clef. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun] > baritone baritone1609 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 84 Of the Baritone. The Bassus..is the lowest part of each Song. Or it is an Harmony to be sung with a deepe voyce, which is called Baritonus. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 2 The strong barytone which was heard above the sound of plane and hammer, singing—Awake, my soul. 2. A singer possessing a baritone voice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer by type of voice > [noun] > baritone baritone1821 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV lxxxix. 115 Our baritone..A pretty lad, but bursting with conceit. 1878 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 127 Offered him an engagement as principal barytone. 3. A musical instrument of deep sound: †(a) a kind of bass viol now obsolete; (b) see quot. 1880; (c) a baritone saxophone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > bass-viol bumfiddle1599 bass-viola1616 baritone1685 bass1702 violone1724 bassette1847 octobass1850 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > saxophone > types of baritone1685 alto saxophone1856 soprano saxophone1856 tenor saxophone1865 soprano1876 tenor1876 alto sax1909 alto1921 baritone horn1949 soprano sax1971 1685 London Gaz. No. 2088/4 Some performance upon the Barritone. c1790 Haydn (title) Concertos for baryton with accompaniment of two violins and bass. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 139 Baritone, the name usually applied to the smaller bass saxhorn in B♭ or C. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. vi. 52 The scoring of two altos, two tenors, and a baritone in the present-day dance band. B. adj. Thesaurus » Categories » a. Of the voice: Having a compass intermediate between bass and tenor. b. Of music: Suited for a baritone voice. c. Of a singer: Possessing a baritone voice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [adjective] > baritone > having baritone voice baritone1871 1729 J. Swift Corr. (1841) II. 628 I recommend one Mr. Mason..a barytone voice, for the vacancy. 1861 Sat. Rev. 16 Dec. 611 The present fashion of writing at the extreme end of the baritone register. 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 50 And the deep rich oily Te Deum By the barytone canon sung. d. Of an instrument: occurring in a ‘family’ of instruments between the tenor and the bass. So baritone horn n. (a) = A. 3(b); (b) U.S. a baritone saxophone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > by quality of sound softa1525 lofty1598 vocal1649 alto1802 contrabass1834 soprano1856 baritone1876 monophonous1878 tinny1904 sopranino1907 plinky1926 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > saxophone > types of baritone1685 alto saxophone1856 soprano saxophone1856 tenor saxophone1865 soprano1876 tenor1876 alto sax1909 alto1921 baritone horn1949 soprano sax1971 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 385/2 at Saxophones Brass wind instruments, the invention of M. Sax... They are six in number, the high, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass. 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 233/2 It [sc. the saxophone] is made in a number of sizes..the contralto in F and E♭; the barytone in C and E♭; the bass in F and E♭, [etc.]. 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 233/2 Those most used are the contralto and barytone varieties [of saxophone]. 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz ix. 193 One baritone saxophone is equal in sonorousness to a section of nine or ten cellos. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 626/2 Heckelphone, baritone oboe, basset oboe. 1949 L. Feather Inside Be-bop ii. 11 He played baritone horn in the school band. Derivatives ˈbaritonist n. a baritone-saxophone player. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player saxophonist1865 alto saxophonist1902 alto saxist1926 sax1926 saxophone1929 honker1934 saxist1939 altoist1946 tenor saxophone1954 baritonist1958 tenorist1958 1958 K. Goodwin in P. Gammond Decca Bk. of Jazz xiii. 157 He has..transferred his..technique..to the baritone-saxophone, and..rates as the most important baritonist on the coast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1609 |
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