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The solution that seemed the most immediate and the most according to tradition, was the so-called "contralto musico", or female singers—usually mezzo-sopranos rather than real contraltos—who could perform the roles originally written for castrati as well as the parts composed with female singers in mind.
In non-classical music, singers are primarily defined by their genre and their gender and not by their vocal range. [2] When the terms soprano , mezzo-soprano , contralto , tenor , baritone , and bass are used as descriptors of non-classical voices, they are applied more loosely than they would be to those of classical singers and generally ...
Ludwig van Beethoven [3] 1770 1827 German composer and pianist Joshua Bell [4] 1967 (living) American violinist and conductor Nikolai Bernstein [5] 1896 1966 Russian scientist Mariah Carey [3] [6] [7] 1969 (living) American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Ray Charles [4] 1930 2004 American musician Frédéric Chopin [3] 1810 1849
A long, wavering, high-pitched vocal sound resembling a howl with a trilling quality. It is produced by emitting a high-pitched loud voice accompanied with a rapid back-and-forth movement of the tongue and the uvula. Ululation is practiced in certain styles of singing, as well as in communal ritual events, used to express strong emotion.
Music publishers also produced printed editions for group singing. [1] [2] Such volumes were used in the United States by piano manufacturers as a marketing tool. [3] Song books containing religious music are often called hymnals; books containing the music for hymns with minimal, or no words, are sometimes called tune books. [4] [5]
A soprano (Italian pronunciation: [soˈpraːno]) is a type of classical singing voice and it has the highest vocal range of all voice types.The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C 4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A 5) = 880 Hz in choral music, or to "soprano C" (C 6, two octaves above middle C) = 1046 Hz or higher in operatic music.
The voice takes on a resonant masculine quality before its pitch drops, resulting in a liminal stage wherein the boy may sing in a high register with a unique timbre. This brief period of high vocal range and unique color forms much of the ground for the use of the boy soprano in both liturgical and secular music in the Western world and ...
Boys' choirs offer young males an active point of entrance into music and vocal training. They can also help to foster discipline, high standards and cultural awareness, as well as providing strong peer groups oriented around boys who identify themselves with a choir's cultural and ethical values. [6]