< center >" My vocal range "( free reproduction of an annotation of Marietta Alboni's own vocal range, drawn by herself in a family album )</ center >

From a letter written by Thomas Purcell, and still extant, we learn that this anthem was composed for the exceptionally fine voice of the Rev.

Some dramatic sopranos, known as Wagnerian sopranos, have a very big voice that can assert itself over an exceptionally large orchestra ( over eighty pieces ).

Among them were Joseph Schwarz ( a vocal virtuoso ), Heinrich Schlusnus ( the owner of an exceptionally beautiful voice ), Herbert Janssen, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Karl Schmidt-Walter and Gerhard Hüsch.

Unlike a number of other female stars of silent film, it was felt that her voice recorded exceptionally well.

For the quality of his voice, its purity and its subtle evocation of emotion, and the exceptionally high calibre of his guitar technique – which is certainly worth attention by young musicians – Portabales must be rated as a performer of the highest calibre even given the unusually high standards of Cuban popular music.

For example, the soprano Mado Robin, who was known for her exceptionally high voice, sang a number of compositions created especially to exploit her highest notes, reaching C7.

It supports true 8-voice polyphony ( with two independent synthesizer layers per voice ) as well as a primitive ( sound ) settings memory based on a bank of micropotentiometers ( rather than the digital programmable presets the Prophet-5 would sport soon after ), and exceptionally complete performer expression features, such as a splittable keyboard that was both velocity-sensitive ( like a piano's ) and pressure-sensitive (" after-touch ") but unlike most modern keyboards the aftertouch could be applied to individual voices rather than in common, and a ribbon controller allowing for polyphonic pitch-bends and glissandos.

As was the case with Caruso, Ruffo's voice recorded exceptionally well.

Her voice is a powerful alto with exceptionally clear diction.

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Most reviewers praised its artistry, exceptionally refined standard of lighting, graphical and level design, visual and sound effects, music, immersiveness, voice acting and solid gameplay.

Because he possessed an exceptionally fine natural voice, Mario was encouraged by the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer to become a singer.

" Lopez's exceptionally thin voice hasn't stopped her from cranking out a steady stream of pop hits, which continues with " Get Right ," the maddeningly catchy first single from her new Rebirth.

The company which performed the Pulitzer Prize musical here last night and will repeat it twice today is full of bounce, the politicians are in fine voice, the chorines evoke happy memories, and the Little Flower rides to break a lance again.

Art Lund, a fine big actor with a great head of blond hair and a good voice, impersonates Enright.

She appeared in several productions in Paris, earning rave reviews for her fine soprano voice.

Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE ( 8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001 ) was a Welsh entertainer with a talent for comedy and a noted fine tenor singing voice.

These systems analyze the person's specific voice and use it to fine tune the recognition of that person's speech, resulting in more accurate transcription.

The other recorded variety is called eme-sal ( EME. SAL, possibly " fine tongue " or high-pitched voice.

In that role she got to perform solos and duets, often with Aunt Mary who also had a fine voice.

It ’ s always good to know that we have some fine people out there listening to the most powerful commercial voice in the world ... From alongside the beautiful Rio Grande, this is XERF, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico.

In 1814, he was appointed musical director to the choir of the pontifical chapel, to which he had as early as 1802 gained admission in virtue of his fine bass voice.

Gifted with a fine bass voice, Bannister acquired a reputation as a singer at Ranelagh and elsewhere, as well as an actor, and was received with such favour that David Garrick engaged him for Drury Lane.

He intersperses the comedy with occasional songs, both serious and humorous, in an incongruously fine light baritone voice.

As a youth, he had a high soprano voice ( he could sing the music of the " Queen of the Night " in The Magic Flute as a boy ), and his voice developed into a fine tenor.

A review in The Gramophone of one of his 1957 albums containing recordings of his old " concert party " songs commented, " what a fine voice he has and how well he can use it – diction, phrasing, range and the interpretative insight of the artist ".

Charles Warren, television Gunsmokes first director, said " His voice was fine but he was too big.

Reuchlin's career as a scholar appears to have turned almost on an accident ; his fine voice gained him a place in the household of Charles I, Margrave of Baden, and soon, having some reputation as a Latinist, he was chosen to accompany Frederick, the third son of the prince, to the University of Paris.

His fine, booming voice and physical stature make him a valuable commodity for Hollywood.

David Herd ( 1732 – 1810 ), the collector of the classic edition of Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs ( 1776 ), was " sovereign " of the Cape ( in which he was known as " Sir Scrape ") when Fergusson was dubbed a knight of the order, with the title of " Sir Precentor ", in allusion to his fine voice.

As a performer he was endowed with a fine personality ; his voice was highly melodious, set off by flexibility and careful elocution, and his knowledge of stage-effect was unexcelled.

He also possessed a fine musical voice, which he could skillfully command.

After singing for Sullivan, upon meeting Gilbert, Grossmith wondered aloud if the role shouldn't be played by " a fine man with a fine voice ".

His fine appearance, his flexible and sympathetic voice, his manifest.

A castrato ( Italian, plural: castrati ) is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto.

Apple's contralto voice, piano skills and lyrics captured his attention, and Slater signed her to a record deal.

A countertenor is a male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of a contralto, mezzo-soprano, or ( less frequently ) a soprano, usually through use of falsetto, or far more rarely, modal voice.

More rarely it describes the highest male solo voice type ( usually designated countertenor ), and it is also the root word of contralto, the lowest standard female voice type.

In common usage, alto is used to describe the voice type that typically sings this part, though this is not strictly correct: alto, like the other three standard modern choral voice classifications ( soprano, tenor and bass ) was originally intended to describe a part within a homophonic or polyphonic texture, rather than an individual voice type ; neither are the terms alto and contralto interchangeable or synonymous, though they are often treated as such.

The contralto voice is a matter of vocal timbre and tessitura as well as range, and a classically-trained solo contralto would usually have a range greater than that of a normal choral alto part in both the upper and lower ranges.

However, the vocal tessitura of a classically trained contralto would still make these singers more comfortable singing in the lower part of the voice.

Slick's recruitment proved pivotal to the Airplane's commercial breakthrough — she possessed a powerful and supple contralto voice that complemented Balin's and was well-suited to the group's amplified psychedelic music, and as a former model, her good looks and stage presence greatly enhanced the group's live impact.

Music critic Alan Blyth said " Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty.

Within the category of contraltos are three generally recognized subcategories — coloratura contralto, lyric contralto, and dramatic contralto — that usefully describe the voice type in general terms.

A lyric contralto voice is lighter than a dramatic contralto but not capable of the ornamentation and leaps of a coloratura contralto.

The dramatic is the deepest, darkest, and heaviest contralto voice, usually having a heavier tone and more power than the others.

Two of Delilah's arias are particularly well known: " Printemps qui commence " and " Mon cœur s ' ouvre à ta voix " (" My heart opens itself to your voice ", also known as " Softly awakes my heart "), the latter of which is one of the most popular recital pieces in the mezzo-soprano / contralto repertoire.

A mezzo-soprano (; ; meaning " half soprano " in Italian ) is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above ( i. e. A < sub > 3 </ sub >- A < sub > 5 </ sub > in scientific pitch notation, where middle C = C < sub > 4 </ sub >).