Alto
Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.
An alto singer.
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Alto Quotations
I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant.
Walter Isaacson
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
Gavin Bryars
So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone.
Gerry Mulligan
The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing.
Gerry Mulligan
Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra.
Gerry Mulligan
Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.
Gerry Mulligan
I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.
Eric Allin Cornell
I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, "Where have you been?" and I said right here for now on!
Jerome Richardson
Alto Translations
alto in German is Altstimme {f}
alto in Spanish is contralto
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