contralto 的意思
女低音; 介于女高音和男高音之间的声音
contralto 的词源
contralto(n.)
“在女高音和男高音之间的声音,中音女声”,这个词最早出现在1730年,contralt,源自意大利语contralto,,进一步追溯则来自contra,拉丁语contra意为“反对,面对”(参见contra),加上alto(参见alto)。1776年开始用来指代“拥有中音女声的人”,而作为形容词则出现在1769年。
In medieval music, in which the melody was either in a middle voice or passed from one voice to another, and which utilized only male singers, the upper voice was naturally called altus. As music for mixed voices developed, that female voice which was nearest the altus, and thus most contrasted with it, was called contr' alto. [Century Dictionary]
在中世纪音乐中,旋律通常在中声部进行,或者从一个声部转移到另一个声部,并且只使用男性歌手,因此高声部自然被称为altus。随着混声音乐的发展,那种最接近altus、因此与之对比最明显的女性声音被称为contr' alto。[《世纪词典》]
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