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‖ tenore|teˈnore| [It.; cf. tenor n.1 (a.).] = tenor n.1 4 a and b. Usu. with qualifying adj. or phrase, as tenore di grazia, a light or lyric tenor; tenore robusto (see quot. 1876), a dramatic tenor.
1740Grassineau Mus. Dict. 272 Tenore, the first mean or middle part: or that which is the ordinary pitch of the voice, when neither raised to a treble, or lowered to a bass. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 432/1 Tenore robusto, a tenor singer with a full, strong, sonorous voice. 1889Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 87/1 Hence we have tenore robusto (which used to be of about the compass of a modern high baritone), tenore di forza, tenore di mezzo carattere, tenore di grazia, and tenore leggiero, one type of which is sometimes called tenore contraltino. 1894G. du Maurier Trilby I. i. 25 A voice so rich and deep and full as almost to suggest an incipient tenore robusto. 1925New Yorker 19 Sept. 20/2 He is the first tenore robusto to emerge since Caruso. 1938J. Joyce Let. 8 Sept. (1966) III. 427 It needs a deep strong voice, not my tenore di grazia. 1960Times 4 Mar. 4/1 Mr. Kenneth Macdonald, who has an enviable affinity for tenore di grazie singing. 1979Times 19 Nov. 7/5 The..refinements of phrasing and nuance which are hall-marks of a tenore di grazia. |