How To Use Tenor In A Sentence

Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
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It destroyed his tenor voice and his familiar cracked, husky tones took over. Times, Sunday Times
The tenor saxophonist's rousing stomps and sensitive ballads are deeply imprinted in his fans' memories.
The society is currently looking for tenors basses, altos and sopranos to join the adult choir.

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He taught himself to play the clarinet then tenor sax.
The program started off ascetically with "Six Studies in English Folksong" which the program warned us were "very melancholic," continued with a song cycle for violin and tenor called "Along the Field" to poems by A.E. Houseman, and finished off the first half with insanely Pre-Raphaelite lushness to a song cycle set to Dante Gabriel Rosetti poems called "The House of Life. Thomas Glenn Sings Vaughan Williams
Your teachers were all baritones and even your tenor voice has a distinct baritonal touch to it.
We have Kebbi Williams on tenor sax, Maurice Brown on trumpet, and Saunders Sermons on trombone. Mike Ragogna: Keb' Mo's "...Enchilada," Plus Chats with Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Alex Miller, Flogging Molly's Dave King, and Lindi Ortega
Byron Wallen switches between trumpet and flugelhorn, whilst Ed Jones likewise moves from soprano to tenor horns.
The competitors will be judged by a stellar panel made up of mezzo-sopranos Teresa Berganza and Marilyn Horne, soprano Grace Bumbry, tenor Jon Vickers, basses Cesare Siepi and Joseph Rouleau and musicologist Gilles Cantagrel.
Next month he undertakes the role of Siegmund a baritonal tenor role sung here last year by PlÃ¡cido Domingo in Robert Lepage's new Metropolitan Opera production of Die WalkÅ±re. Rodney Punt: Jonas Kaufmann Triumphs in Lieder Recital for LA Opera
Did somebody make a decision that the board minutes shouldn't reflect the flavour or tenor of that board meeting?
Popular Italian tenor sings opera arias and throbbing ballads. Times, Sunday Times
First to be raised was the tenor bell, which is the oldest and largest.
The rapid arpeggios of the guitar tailed away, and the tenor began an arietta. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
His impassioned defence of free speech changed the tenor of the debate.
Back then, as now in his new Concord Music Group release "New Time, New 'Tet" (Amazon), I was drawn -- in his tenor saxophone improvisations and compositions -- to their flowing sense of ordered liberty, with the inner warmth of an adventurous romanticist. Benny Golson's Adventure
He approached a friend and colleague, John Braham, a former cantor, who had been baptized and had become the leading tenor in London.
My argument is with "the rich, seemingly effortless baritonal heldentenor of Hans Hopf. Archive 2007-03-01
And if, like Mr. Allan, you often apply your supple and alert tenor to songs written by others, then the long-term shortcomings of seeming to be a brand of behatted Nashville entertainment construct might seem obvious. Gary Allan's Old Hat �� The Sounds of Malkovich
Utterson was amazed; the dark influence of Hyde had been withdrawn, the doctor had returned to his old tasks and amities; a week ago, the prospect had smiled with every promise of a cheerful and an honoured age; and now in a moment, friendship, and peace of mind, and the whole tenor of his life were wrecked. Remarkable Incident of Dr
From what I hear, the tenor of book publishing seems to be turning up, imitating the stock market.
His visit disturbed the even tenor of life in the areas of the City through which he passed.
Alek Shrader, a lyric-leggiero tenor in the Florez/Banks mould, already has the the high c's and the character for a Nemorino or Almaviva incubating solidly. Parterre box
The first note, F, sung by the tenor in bars 1 and 2, in this instance personifying the final note of the chanson's tenor, prefigures the opening F of the cantus firmus in bar 15 of the Credo.
What was the general tenor of his speech?
I've gone from a tenor to a baritone. The Sun
Both suggestions were similar in tenor, namely, to give Mr. Bertram Arkwright an insight into the rawness and redness of life in the Solomons. THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS
This threesome functions like a jazz trio, particularly when Parker plays tenor sax.
These voices are divided into four categories; haute-contre (high tenor/male alto), taille (low tenor/lyric baritone) and basse (bass) for masculine voices, and dessus (treble) for high voices. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: champion of among other things, mezzos!
For example, use the thumb to express tenor melodies or in passages requiring maximum power.
The Oberon was the great local countertenor Brian Asawa, Tytania was the British soprano Sylvia McNair, and the dozen fairies were San Francisco Boys Chorus members. Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Many voters admitted being disturbed by the tenor of the election campaign.
The mellifluous voice of the tenor did indeed ‘comfort’ us in his first aria.
The tenor soloist sings in Hebrew.
After a quiet intro where the interweaving trombone and sax establish the melancholy theme, the full band of drums, piano, congas, bass clarinet, trombone, and tenor sax aggressively joins in.
There is an interview with my favourite tenor in Classical Singer Magazine.
The drawer, by drawing the instrument, admits the existence of the payee and his then capacity to indorse; and engages that on due presentment the in - strument will be accepted or paid, or both, according to its tenor, and that if it is dishonored, and the necessary proceedings on dishonor are duly taken, he will pay the amount thereof to the holder, or to any subsequent in - dorser who may be comjoelled to pay it. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
The fourth movement, based on the second verse of the chorale, is written in a trio sonata-like texture for the tenors of the chorus, oboe da caccia, and continuo. Archive 2008-11-01
So the Credo leads from a gently flowing opening to boldly dramatic effects, emphatic in the use of timpani and with the Crucifixus bringing a striking unison passage for tenors and basses.
But there were many cloistered Christians who studied the bible undisturbed by these shadows and doubts, and who, heedless of patristical lore and saintly wisdom, devoured the spiritual food in its pure and uncontaminating simplicity -- such students, humble, patient, devoted, will be found crowding the monastic annals, and yielding good evidence of the same by the holy tenor of their sinless lives, their Christian charity and love. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
The finale began on a dark stage, a haunting series of tunes by my favorite living tenor saxophonist, Igor Butman.
The contratenor, usually moving in 2nds, 4ths and 5ths, lends a quasi-harmonic feeling to the music, but sometimes produces awkward combinations with the other voices. Archive 2009-05-01
Tenor Ronan Tynan paid what is believed to be a record Irish price of 15,200 guineas for a foal on Saturday last on the final day of a four-day sale of brood mares, foals and yearlings at Donohoe's Horse Sales Complex, Goresbridge.
The tenor performs opera arias. Times, Sunday Times
During the last minutes before Telescope delivered the envelope, my friend (and one-twelfth of the Twelve Irish Tenors) Branden messaged me that Wikipedia had already recorded Crystal as the winner.
His tenor sax almost steals the show.
It is in these moments of mirth that perhaps the true genius of the Celtic Tenors is captured.
Even on tenor his preference is for the highest register, sometimes pushing the capabilities of the instrument further than one would believe possible.
A discreet virtuoso, Yates adapts skipping folk-fiddle melodies to trumpet, flugelhorn and tenor horn, and his engaging themes – full of light, fluttering figures – are compatibly supported by Bende's bell-like chording and Byrne's galloping low-register sounds on the bodhran drum and Latin-American cajon. Neil Yates: Five Countries – review
The choir and orchestra will be joined by four young soloists - soprano Rebecca Outram, contralto Alexandra Gibson, tenor David Brown and bass James Gower.
The Tenors answer "In quo salus" and the whole choir "Venite adoremus" when all prostrate themselves except the celebrant who, advancing to the Gospel side of the altar uncovers the right arm of the Cross, repeating in a louder voice "Ecce lignum crucis," the choir responding as before. More Rare Images: Good Friday with Pius XI in the Sistine Chapel
Here, the author is conscious of balancing between the anti-Spartan bias current in the speeches of contemporary Athenian rhetors and the detached tenor in the writings of democracy's elite critics.
He possessed a fine tenor voice and had an abiding love of church music. Times, Sunday Times
The role is no walk in the tenor park: it's written to be sung in the upper tessitura register. A Philadelphia Son Storms the Met
But he knew it wasn't possible to have that many people sing together without having at least one person, most likely a soprano or tenor, guilty of unconfessed sin or of not toeing the official line on some theological point.
Ultimately, it is not about language or facts; it is about the whole tenor of the book.
It was, however, a neat piece of vocal casting to use Zazzo's counter-tenor to provide an element of contrast in a piece heavy with male roles.
In his very brief opportunity as the fisherman, Ruodi, Anthony Dean Griffey unveiled an exquisite lyric tenor.
Dorris said they were only firm and true friends; and the tenor of their talk seemed to prove that she was right, for as she turned from the old-time spinnet, where she had been singing the lovely little serenade of Thomas Heywood: -- The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886
On this album she plays guitar, tenor guitar, mandolin and tenor banjo slightly more than she plays fiddle.
Natalie was joined by the tenor Matthew Beale, whose very attractive, mellow sound combined attractively with solo flute, cellos and violins.
The tuba, the xylophone, and the tenor guitar make excellent choices.
At times, it makes sense to play the soprano and alto voices with the right hand, the tenor and bass with the left hand.
A third passage groups the sopranos with the tenors, and the altos with the basses.
The pieces share the traits typical of their genre in the later 15th century: a treble-dominated texture, probably intended for texted performance of the top voice and solmized or instrumental performance of the lower voices; a contrapuntal structure built around a duet of discantus and tenor with an added contratenor; a break roughly halfway through corresponding to the division in the poetic form; and a prevailing line-for-line agreement of music and refrain text. Archive 2009-05-01
Jane Hunt will sing soprano, Pamela Rudge alto, Roland Kitchen tenor and Paul Fletcher bass.
This creates a certain tenor or stridency and also gets the book a certain labeling. Arbor Vitae Press Info?
His blurred tone and urbane, eloquent solos are enjoyable enough, but the star here is the tenorist.
A rumbling baritone backdrop to the tenor and soprano F1 motors. Times, Sunday Times
The highlight of this final section, however, had to be the tenor arioso.
The conservative commentator George Will has been especially incisive of late about the "dismaying," "un-presidential temperament" of McCain and the sleazy tenor of his campaign. Carl Bernstein: The Palin Pick -- The Devolution of McCain
Cohen sang in a tenor you could call "reedy" if you wanted to be nice, "nasal" if you didn't. Slate Articles
The band's roster includes professional and semi-professional musicians from throughout east central Wisconsin, performing on tubas, trombones, euphonium, tenor horn, flugel horns, clarinets, flute and percussion. The Fond du Lac Reporter Latest Headlines
The melomaniac was anxious to learn the real cause of the tenor's _fiasco_. Massimilla Doni
Alto, soprano, bass and tenor, I think they are called.
We can imagine the four-part mass being sung, variably, by a choir made up of women sopranos, with male altos, tenors and basses or women sopranos, women altos and male tenors and basses or even by an all male group.
The name "organum" was dropped and the new system became known as tenor and descant, the tenor being the principal or foundation melody, and the descant or descants (for there could be as many as there were parts or voices to the music) taking the place of the organum. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University
But a countertenor voice is built through a different muscular procedure and the result is like the difference between a flute and an oboe. Times, Sunday Times
The bonds will have an eight-year tenor at a coupon rate of 11.70 per cent payable annually.
Utterson was amazed; the dark influence of Hyde had been withdrawn, the doctor had returned to his old tasks and amities; a week ago, the prospect had smiled with every promise of a cheerful and an honoured age; and now in a moment, friendship, and peace of mind, and the whole tenor of his life were wrecked. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
At times, the tenor of the discussions became cloyingly self-congratulatory.
Both of them have soaring tenors.
As he said, he frequently conducts rehearsals without tenors or basses, but doesn't remember ever not having any sopranos.
If you love the tenor saxophone, you owe it to yourself to hear him.
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Nor did the Czech tenor and bass give us the full Verdi. Times, Sunday Times
Not only were we treated to the MMDG Music Ensemble, but live vocals from a soprano, baritone, alto and tenor.
The tenor of these personal communications was reflected in letters to newspapers and by the anchor men on call back radio who invited their listeners to take sides over Dr. Ashrawi's selection.
Pour years ago it had been soprano; as he grew and matured, it would de - scend to the tenor range. Here There Are Monsters
With timing so flawless and a tenor so strong he made bobby-soxers swoon and tough guys cry, the awkward kid from Hoboken became the standard bearer for almost all aural bliss.
In this scene, Edgardo and Enrico, both hell-bent on revenge, breathe fire at each other, and Donizetti responds with an appropriately militant duet for tenor and baritone.
Countertenor Lawrence Zazzo headed the fine cast, with Sophie Bevan, Christine Rice and Ailish Tynan, whose loveliness was cruelly hidden, somewhat unnecessarily and in the one false move, by a buffa fat-suit, goatee beard, specs and fez hat. Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Benjamin Grosvenor, LSO; Promised End; Radamisto
The tenor of his press conferences is different from that of past presidents.
Soprano Emily Albrink's pert, pearl-toned Susanna may have been the liveliest, most affectionately detailed performance of the evening, but the coltish Cherubino of mezzo Brandy Lynn Hawkins, the amusingly frowzy Marcellina of mezzo Cynthia Hanna and the winkingly flamboyant turn by tenor Jesús Daniel Hernandez as Basilio all made fine impressions. In performance: WNO's young artists in "Nozze"
Disc four contains the best music, featuring collaborations with a procession of fine tenorists.
The tenor of their talks has definitely changed.
In all probability he sang alto from 1735 to 1739 and then descended to bass and, as we have seen, passing through the tenor register briefly.
Skits included his impressions of a coffee percolator and a baby discovering hands, and a sketch in which he appeared as a famous tenor being interviewed by a bright female journalist.
There are eight sopranos, four mezzos, one counter-tenor, three tenors, seven baritones, and two basses.
Tenor Kei Fukui and coloratura soprano Yumika Watanabe delighted audiences with pieces from Rossini, Puccini and others.
Some of this singing is a little more operatic than it needs to be, but America's embrace is broad enough to hold the diva, the heldentenor, and more besides.
David Daniels, the well-regarded countertenor, receives enthusiastic ovations wherever he performs. Sexy Beast
‘The Only Son,’ from 1947, is actually a little scena for mezzo, tenor, and baritone, with piano.
Your teachers were all baritones and even your tenor voice has a distinct baritonal touch to it…
He is also a talented musician with an outstanding tenor voice.
It was very unusual - I was the first - for a lyric tenor to sing all those notes in full voice.
His bright tenor was untiring in the taxing role, full of Italianate cavatinas.
Singers, particularly altos, tenors and basses are welcome.
We are in Naples in 1926 and the great Italian tenor, Rocco Campobello is recovering from an illness that nearly killed him. Reneging on the Devil « Tales from the Reading Room
First came the fanfare of pipe bands, brass bands and tenors.
The earliest method was to derive a contratenor altus from the written discantus by singing the same notes simultaneously at the 4th below, which produced essentially a chain of what would now be called 6-3 chords, varied and punctuated by single 8-5 chords, though with some decorative passing notes and suspensions, particularly at cadences, and on occasion more licentious dissonances. Archive 2008-02-01
He had the wonderful [black] character tenor Stephen Cole play the scene as the Covent Garden Sutherland in "Lucia," down to the white hoop dress, and I don't think I've ever seen or heard anything as sublimely funny in my life. Flattery, the sincerest form of
He often ruminated over whether he was a tenor or a baritone, the upper register of his voice being naturally weaker than the lower.
Priced at Rs 4.34 million ex-showroom Delhi, the company will roll out a total of 192 E-Class cars coloured in carneol red, obsidian black, calcite white, tenorite grey, iridium silver and cubanite silver. Www.indiantelevision.com
The most famous Italians of the period were performers: the conductor Arturo Toscanini and the tenor Enrico Caruso.
Where in basic metaphors the correspondance of vehicle and tenor is often easily reconstructed or even explicit, as that metaphor is extended the figure may become such a centre of attention that its relationship to a particular absent subject becomes despecified. Archive 2008-08-01
It cites a series of what he calls inflammatory statements that show "that judgments have been reached and the tenor of the hearing will be prosecutorial. CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2002
I like a good tenor singer. The Sun
A Fox on the Fairway" even borrows blatantly from the playwright's own manual, reusing a curtain-call reenactment gimmick from his "Lend Me a Tenor. Theater review: 'Fox on the Fairway' at Signature Theatre
Mr. Kaufmann was a riveting, very handsome Siegmund—his rich, varied tenor was full of anguish portraying the desperate outcast who falls headlong into love. Where Intimacy Walked the Plank
One of the longest-running musical miscarriages of justice will be righted when the York tenor behind a famous Christmas song is finally credited for his work.
A lifelong friend of Bert Webster, Barefield later concentrated exclusively on tenor and, like another Webster associate.
The fake sky went dark and he sang in a numb and dire auto-tune tenor.
I have done stage, musical stage, not a tenor singer, but a belter, like for musical comedy.
Eventually the even tenor of the days at the castle was interrupted by preparations for the festival.
This progressivism has provided the dominant tenor of most Western art criticism for at least half a century.
The overview referred to the previous month and was not wholly consistent with the tenor of the contemporaneous log for that period.
There are two distinct textures for the polyphonic works: a “discant” style, in which the two voice parts generally move together (as in the conductus and the Benedicamus tropes), and an “organal” style in which the upper voice part sings a rhapsodic melody against the long-held notes of a lower tenor voice based on a liturgical chant (as in adiutor an the tropped Kyrie: Cunctipotens). Archive 2009-04-01
It was very unusual - I was the first - for a lyric tenor to sing all those notes in full voice.
So are you saying that we/you find it impossible to say goodbye to Modernism because though at its core it wrestles with the art form, its emotional tenor is dazzling? A Glamorously Hopeless Cause : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
Then as now, the soprano and tenor saxophonist has thrived by constantly seeking new adventures and doing the unexpected.
Take the Go Compare tenor, a cheery bulbous eejit warbling doggerel set to melodies so basic that the average nursery rhyme sounds like one of Sun Ra's more outre soundscapes by comparison. The Hard Sell: Direct Line
The scoring is for cello soloist, percussionists, celesta, and chamber choir (six sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
It was very unusual for a lyric tenor to sing all those notes in full voice.
He has all the notes and is the possessor of a lyric tenor voice.
The conduct or act has intrinsically no definite significance, or only an ambiguous one, and its whole legal purport or tenor is to be more precisely ascertained by considering the words accompanying it.
Being at last convinced in my own mind, and by others, that I shall not be quite superfluous in this concert, I know that not only I, but also Punto, Simoni [a tenorist], and Galvani will demand that the public should be apprised of our zeal for this charitable object; otherwise we must all conclude that we are not wanted. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Vol. 1 of 2
As well as a sparkling wit, Sir Harry was gifted with a powerful tenor voice which he put to good effect on many religious music shows which he presented.
There will be a chance next month to share the musical memories of world-famous tenor Thomas Round.
The principal German type was the three- or four-voice Tenorlied, which floruited c 1450- c 1550.
I had hoped for a little more from the world's greatest tenor, whose performance was workmanlike but hardly inspired.
He tours to support his latest work featuring tenor sax, flute and alto flute.
The singer, for instance, believed himself to be a great tenor performing before an adoring audience at La Scala.
As the main emphasis of the courses lies in the choir made up of all participants, space is limited to approximately twenty sopranos, twelve altos and counter-tenors, and sixteen basses.
Jay Hunter Morris, who took over the punishing title role just a week before the premiere, has a bright, pliant tenor—not large, but ringing and energetic. Of Gods And Monsters
Anne Sofie von Otter is a stunningly good choice as Sesto, a young nobleman who Handel wrote as either soprano or tenor, so to cast such an intelligent mezzo is an imaginative step.
Tenor Michael König acquits himself well as Katerina's mercurial lover Serguéi, and Ludovít Ludha, in the role of Katerina's abusive stepfather Boris, summons that notorious Shostakovian enigma as authoritarian kulak and bumbling sexual predator. A Rollicking and Riveting 'Lady Macbeth'
My distinguished colleagues include the legendary tenor PlÃ¡cido Domingo, as well as counter-tenor David Daniels, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, soprano Lisette Oropesa, and counter-tenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. Danielle de Niese: Inspired to Inspire
As the main emphasis of the courses lies in the choir made up of all participants, space is limited to approximately twenty sopranos, twelve altos and counter-tenors, and sixteen basses.
One of the tenor saxes also played the lead in unison with the clarinet, but an octave lower.
We persuaded Jake to sing tenor.
He hangs out with the suedes at Bido Lito's and gets up and plays this godawful tenor sax whenever they let him, which is frequently, 'cause who wants to refuse a crazy man, even a little skinny twerp like Tommy? White Jazz
We've always had a choir made up of boy and girl trebles, together with male altos, tenors and basses.
His energy in concert was quite inspiring, each song found him stomping about the stage, singing in a high tenor with sparse instrumentation provided by an acoustic guitar.
But then rivalry between highly strung tenors (or sopranos ) is hardly new. Times, Sunday Times
When they heard this -- not the mere words reported in Ac 19: 4, but the subject expounded according to the tenor of those words. they were baptized -- not however by Paul himself (1Co 1: 14). in the name of the Lord Jesus -- into the whole fulness of the new economy, as now opened up to their believing minds. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
In his early years, Caruso often ruminated over whether he was a tenor or a baritone, the upper register of his voice being naturally weaker than the lower.
A lifelong friend of Bert Webster, Barefield later concentrated exclusively on tenor and, like another Webster associate.
As usual in his Neapolitan operas, there are also splendid opportunities for rival tenors - the dark, baritonal villain Antenore and the light, florid tenore di grazia Ilo - to pit their vocal skills against each other.
But what is particularly noteworthy about his remarks is their explicitly theological tenor.
(Piranha) three flugelhorns, sax, helicon tuba, and four tenor horns (an instrument that looks a bit like the French horn and is a standby of European military bands) blitz through tricky contrapuntal arrangements over hard-driving percussion played on a couple kinds of drums. Chicago Reader
Stout and scruffy, the 36-year-old Daniels looks more suited to a football field than La Fenice, but as a countertenor, the highest male voice in opera, he sings in a falsetto.
The Salford tenor settled a long-running legal dispute with a former management company two months ago but they say he has yet to pay up.
There are three main sizes of modern oboe: the normal treble, the alto oboe d' amore, and the tenor cor anglais or English horn.
These manly salons also allow men to indulge in treatments once taboo, such as manicures and facials -- but all with a distinctly male tenor. A Beer and a Game of Pool
It also seems clear to our worrywart that the tenor of the global economic recovery is undergoing a bit of change here, and not for the better unfortunately. Dan Dorfman: The Return of the Brothers Grimm
He offers one of the most pleasing tenors that I have heard in a long time.
Giuffre is dark, loose-pitched and rather Charles Lloyd-like on tenor sax; fragile and whispery on flute; east - European folksy on clarinet.
Hardly anybody but jazz buffs knows about the tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray any more.
Lower and upper-voice duets vary the texture in the following two sections ‘Crucifixus’ and ‘Et resurrexit’, and the ‘Et iterum’ is set to a trio between first soprano, alto and tenor. Archive 2009-06-01
This CD sees the introduction of the tenor guitar to his repertoire.
A clear-voiced countertenor sings the nostalgic melody, offset by the bullfroggy bom, bom, bom bell sounds of the bassi profundi. Living With Music: A Playlist by Liesl Schillinger - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com
What is already clear is that this is a tenor at the peak of his expressive powers. Times, Sunday Times
There are eight sopranos, four mezzos, one counter-tenor, three tenors, seven baritones, and two basses.
While the senator's speech was familiar, the tenor of the questions afterwards was revealing.
I was very fond of Anthony LaPaglia, too, as the eponymous tenor, who turns on a dime from lust to uxoriousness, from despair to confusion, from star quality to human concern for a fellow artist, without ever losing his character along the way. Lend Me A Tenor
In the RCM parts, the verse section occupying bars 60-88 of the anthem is allocated throughout, more or less strictly in canon at the octave, to soloists singing from the medius cantoris and tenor decani part books.
I felt my anger slowly ebb away at the sound of pure concerned in the deep tenor of his voice.
The mezzo-soprano, Hilary Summers, has a dark, smoky voice - at times she almost sounds like a countertenor - and she sings René Char's surreal text with both passion and clenched-jaw control.
He can play the daylights out of full-on postbop or explore north-Euro ambience, but he calls his hard-hitting Karma fusion group his "grunge band" – a misnomer for a rare splicing of rich-toned, pipe-like themes, fiercely guttural up-tempo tenor improv, Arabic and Irish music, and tight grooving. This week's new live music
The tenor of his campaign will not help achieve reconciliation between political parties.
The choir is basically four-voice, western classical style - soprano and alto sung by women and tenor and bass sung by men.
In sociological terms, her case suggests a positive and unilinear relationship between the negative tenor of existence on earth and the degree of transcendent otherness ascribed to God.
Mr. Licitra is a protégé of one of the exemplary postwar Verdi stylists, Carlo Bergonzi, and he has that great tenor's unforced elegance of line, command of mezza voce and the capacity to adjust the timbre of his voice to suit the requisite emotion, from a stentorian, almost baritone thickness that promises a great Otello one day, to the reedy plaintiveness of La Traviata 's Alfredo. Is Licitra Tomorrow's Tenor? The Heir Apparent Appraised
Any singers, especially tenors and basses, would be most welcome to join.
These charming songs exist in two different versions, the first for baritone and string quartet, and the second for tenor and woodwind quartet (oboe, cor anglais, clarinet and bassoon).
I disagree not only with the substance, but also with the tenor of his article.
The group of unaccompanied voices comprises bass, baritone, tenor, mezzo-soprano and soprano.
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Notes seem to flow from the bell rather than being squeezed, and Lovano seasons everything he does with liberal (yet equal amounts) of soul and intellect as he curls his tenor round Frisell's spectral chording.
Soprano, alto, tenor and bass parts are all ascribed to him.
He was a tenor saxophonist and a violinist.
Just about every tenor has made recordings similar to these, and there's no reason why Domingo shouldn't follow the pack.
He is not by any means the first collier who has been found to possess a very sweet tenor voice. Attired in his working clothes, with the pick and lighted lamp in his hand, he was cordially welcomed by two large houses on Monday.
It was at this critical moment that the fundamental tenor of Sephardic life began to change into its modern form.
Obama, as we are all well aware, has received his share of poor treatment as well, but clearly he has been less personally assailable than Hillary and so the tone and tenor of the negative garbage they've produced on him was different than the crap they threw at her. Was The Media Unfair To Hillary? Here's Our Rundown.
There's a lot of full-on tenor sax blasting over ferocious percussion barrages.
A new generation of "popera" (pop meets opera) acts like blind Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli followed in their footsteps. A Maestro for the Masses

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