contralto

Examples

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• She spoke in the husky contralto, which was not like the voices of other adults.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Mrs. Brookerson mourned her lost contralto, but it was Harlen's father's baritone that endured.

  Fiction book (2000)

• I liked her; I liked listening to her soft contralto voice.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Then, in its velvet contralto, it said, "Thank you, Rabbi."

  Fiction book (1997)

• After all, she's our leading contralto.

  The Dead (1987)

• Her voice was much milder than her looks, a nice calm contralto.

  Fiction book (1999)

• A rich contralto sound came up, welling up and filling the whole place.

  Fiction book (1994)

• It's performed here by the legendary contralto, Marian Anderson.

  Blog text (15)

• The voice was somewhere between a tenor and a contralto, with both a light breathlessness and smoky undertones.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Marian Anderson is celebrated as one of the greatest contraltos in classical music history.

Synonyms

A

alto

vscontralto

6 4.4

A low female singing voice or a singer who has that voice

is restricted to the lowest adult female singing voice only

How Low

contralto

• Specialized

2 7.7

mezzo-soprano

• Specialized

2 6.9

soprano

5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology