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Definition of Counter tenor

counter tenor
2. (Mus.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor. 3. (Far.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. 4. The back leather or heel part of a boot.
Counter tenor
Counter tenor Coun"ter ten`or (t?n`?r). [OF. contreteneur. Cf. Contratenor, and see Tenor a part in music.] (Mus.) One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor. Counter-tenor clef (Mus.), the C clef when placed on the third line; -- also called alto clef.

Meaning of Counter tenor from wikipedia

- notes in a well-blended "chest voice" – see below). "The Purcell counter-tenor 'tenor' did not flourish in England much beyond the early years of the [eighteenth]...
- 1952) is a British choral director, composer and arranger, and a former counter-tenor of the King's Singers. Jackman was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral...
- ISBN 0-520-04500-9 (cloth); ISBN 0-520-05062-2. Dolmetsch Organisation. 2011. "Counter-tenor clef". In Music Dictionary Online Dolmetsch Online (Accessed 23 March...
- recordings as a treble chorister soloist.[citation needed] "Tim Mead (Counter-tenor) - Short Biography". bach-cantatas.com/. Retrieved 1 September 2016...
- prince looks like a woman, but sounds like a boy. When pla**** by a counter-tenor, he looks like a man, but sings like a woman. This disparity is made...
- Sytse Buwalda (born 1965) is a Dutch counter-tenor. Buwalda studied at the Sweelinck School of Music (Conservatorium van Amsterdam) in Amsterdam and has...
- composer and pianist, was born at Broadstairs in 1936. Alfred Deller, counter-tenor singer, was born at Margate in 1912. Orlando Gibbons, composer and organist...
- tenor, baritone and string quartet Faerie Tales (2008) for counter tenor, tenor and piano A Whorl of Knowings Dim and Bright (2004) for counter tenor...
- 1975 to 2016. Nicklin, Lenore (9 August 1994). "A high old time – for counter tenor Graham Pushee". The Bulletin. Sydney. Lewis, Felicity (2 February 1995)...
- Britten Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Op 51 David Daniels (counter tenor), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) Label: VIRGIN 545525-2. Leoš Janáček...