Once more Grant's ears drank in that velvety contralto laughter which bubbled to her lips so easily.
Grant, beloved"--how like the overtones from her own golden harp the contralto richness of her voice!
The next and most important step was in all probability to make the common Geige or three-stringed Fiddle of the same shape as these Tenor and Contralto Viols, thus handing to us the present-shaped Violin.
A Concerto of Violins in Italy, according to the letter of Ariberti, consisted of one Bass, two Tenors (Contralto and Tenor) and two Violins.
A low alto or contralto is supposed to go down to the E below; while altos of unusual range go high as [Music: F5].
Contralto is a subdivision of alto, mezzo-soprano of soprano; and soprano itself may be dramatic or florid.
The same would be true if a woman, capable of producing the entire female vocal compass, were to begin with the lowest contralto and sing up to the highest soprano tone.
The bass compass parallels that for contralto and alto at an interval of an octave and, in their use of the registers, basses and contraltos and baritones and altos have much in common.
Although ugly and ill-made, she had a sweet, clear dramatic contralto with unrivalled high notes, intonations so fixed it seemed impossible for her to sing out of tune, and a native flexibility that left unimpeded her creative fancy.
The heart-rending desolation of selections like the contralto air, "He was Despised," only serves to accentuate the triumph of other portions.
Fled truculent bass and haughty tenor before him; from diva to moustachioed contralto in the chorus, all the ladies breathlessly watched for the fall of his handkerchief; he was recognized, in fact, as a devil of a fellow.
Her arched eyebrows rose with nervous twitches and her deep contralto voice rolled sonorously.
That is not an instrument for the production of tones in the contralto compass.
Girls at this period should sing the middle and lower parts, but it must be said in passing that much of the music contained in our text-books ranges too low in pitch for them, or any voice except a low contralto or a tenor.
Now they swelled louder, now they almost died away; and now, only touching the strings from time to time, she began to sing in her rich, contralto voice.
Look, Father, look on His anointed face," swelled from her throat in deep contralto notes, rich as those the organ echoed.
I must tell you that she played splendidly, and, in my opinion, had one of the most glorious contralto voices that I ever heard.
Betty, leaning around a group of costumed players to speak to Lucia, who was in the group, as she added her youthful contralto to the choir.
Alone in his room Hartley recalled what Cordelia Vaughan had said to him in her soft contralto about nothing succeeding in America so much as success.
It always seemed to me," the soft contralto was murmuring once more, "that writers and artists should never be viewed at close range.
He confessed to me you were the Hartley who wrote a study of slum life for Stetson's," the flute-like contralto was saying again.
And yet, and yet--as the lonely young author sat back on his hard-bottomed chair and recalled the soft contralto of the Southern voice the noisy rattle of the elevated trains went out of his ears.
A contralto recitative links this chorus to its successor, "Behold!
Adams as Elkanah, Mrs. Long as Hannah, and Miss Hawley in the contraltopart of Samuel.
Borchardt was still too unwell to sing, there was nothing left for me but to announce an opera which contained no contralto part.
But suppose there is more than one prima donna in the Company, or that the contralto claims to be an artist of greater eminence than the principal soprano?
Scalchi appeared, and she at once proved herself an artist of extraordinary excellence, and a true dramatic singer, with a contralto of unusual richness, volume, and compass.
Anna de Belocca, a Russian lady, who played and sang with distinction the most important parts written for the contralto voice.
Thus treated, the part of "Azucena" is not a difficult one to play; and how else is it to be dealt with when the contralto of the Company is ill, and no adequate substitute for her can possibly be found?
But Mrs. Culpepper had heard Jane Mason sing a duet in church with John Barclay, and the elder woman had heard in the big contralto voice of the girl something not meant for the preacher.
Her low, contralto tones, quite impersonal, were yet delightful; I could have stood there talking burglars with her till dawn.
Paul," she said at last, and her voice vibrated its contralto note, "you understand.
A sudden apprehension rose in her great, dark eyes, and her voice, in emotion, dropped to contralto notes.
Where most any other woman's voice would shrill, hers always drops to that nice contralto note.
She repeated the words softly with a clear modulation, deepening to a contralto note, and after a moment added a preceding line.
Then infinite contempt rose in her face; her deep eyes flamed, and her voice, when she found speech, took its contralto notes.
Louise's contralto caught the measure, and presently the harmony was rounded by his fine baritone.
The low, sweet contralto voice was saying: "They tell me that the great danger is near.
They brought the same glorified thrill of contrast as this soft but strong contralto voice proceeding from that delicate blondness.
Just a plain little solo act--contralto is what you can put over.
If I was your husband, I'd spend my last cent trainin' that contralto of yours.
I got a contralto that--" "There never was anything give me more pleasure than them first years you used it.
The beautiful contralto voice was husky with tears.
Jealously, Enid Barr reached for the girl's other hand and held it against her cheek for a moment before she began her story, her contralto voice low and controlled at first.
Contralto voices are seldom forced into the regions which compel so great a physical strain that beauty and character must be sacrificed to mere accomplishment of utterance, as is frequently the case with the soprano part.
Madame La Grange had a voice of wide compass, which enabled her to sing contralto rôles as well as soprano, but I have never heard her dramatic powers praised.
A soft and melodiouscontralto voice announced that its carrier was Dr.
He also speaks of a Signora Galli, of large and masculine figure and contralto voice, who frequently filled the part of second man at the Opera.
Mrs. Kellow is a resident of Cresco, Iowa, a church singer of note, and the possessor of a contralto voice of great volume.
Her confidence stood her in good stead, for the Marston Grove contralto had been palpably nervous, and had almost broken down at one point.
The wonderful viol-like trembling of thecontralto tones thrilled through the house.
She sang in strong and grave contralto tones, at first with shut eyes.
From the inveterate contralto of the interview, she rose to pure soprano in describing her own action.
He listened to her voice in the silence of his brain, like the far-away singing of contralto bells.
The sound of the contralto voice was still in his ears.
She hurried out, leaving Jules with a vision of tousled yellow hair, a roguish smile, and gleaming white teeth, and with the sound of a rich contralto voice in his ears.
It is a contralto and has some most expressive notes in it.
It is a contralto that can express profound depths of feeling.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "contralto" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
