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| alto |
a singer with such a tonal range. [2/5 definitions] |
| artiste |
an artist, esp. a public performer such as a singer, dancer, or actor. [1/2 definitions] |
| baritone |
a singer whose voice is in this range. [1/4 definitions] |
| Billie Holiday |
U.S. jazz singer, also known as Lady Day; born Eleanora Fagan (b.1915--d.1959). |
| buffo |
a comic role in an opera, usu. one for a bass singer. [2 definitions] |
| Cab Calloway |
U.S. jazz singer, performer, and bandleader (b.1907--d.1994). |
| call-and-response |
of or pertaining to music that alternates between one player, singer, or section, and another in a pattern of statement and response. |
| cantatrice |
(Italian and French) a professional female singer. |
| chansonnier |
a French singer and writer, often of satirical or topical songs. |
| chanteuse |
a female singer, esp. a cabaret entertainer. |
| chorister |
a choral singer, esp. a choirboy. |
| coloratura |
a singer, usu. a high soprano, who specializes in coloratura. [1/4 definitions] |
| comprimario |
a singer who sings secondary operatic roles. |
| diva |
a renowned female opera singer; prima donna. |
| doo-wop |
a singing style most popular in the 1950s, characterized by a lead singer performing with a chorus singing nonsense syllables, either with or without instrumental accompaniment. |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
U.S. jazz and popular ballad singer, known especially as a virtuoso of scat singing (b.1917--d.1996). |
| falsetto |
a voice pitched unnaturally high, esp. that of a male singer. [1/3 definitions] |
| Louis Armstrong |
influential U.S. jazz trumpet player and singer; born Louis Daniel Armstrong (b.1901--d.1971). |
| minstrel |
a singer, musician, or poet. [1/3 definitions] |
| pipe1 |
(usu. pl.; informal) the windpipe, lungs, and vocal cords, esp. of a human singer. [1/13 definitions] |
| prima donna |
the principal female soloist or singer in a concert, opera, or opera company. [1/2 definitions] |
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