altusn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈaltəs/, U.S.

/ˈæltəs/,

/ˈɔltəs/,

/ˈɑltəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin altus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin altus high voice (15th cent.), use as noun (short for contratenor altus high counter-tenor (15th cent.); compare contratenor n., counter-tenor n.) of masculine of classical Latin altus high < the same Indo-European base as old adj. Compare earlier alt n.¹ and also alto n.²

Music. historical in later use.

A. n.

A term for the second highest voice in four-part polyphony, originally occupying a range below the superius (superius n.), and overlapping with the tenor, but later becoming distinct from the latter (see alto n.² 3). Also: a line or part for this voice in polyphonic music (cf. alto n.² 1).Up to the 14th cent. polyphonic music was composed for three voices, usually designated superius (cantus), tenor, and contratenor. In the 15th cent. a fourth voice was introduced, with the contratenor being divided into contratenor bassus (hence bass) and contratenor altus (hence altus and counter-tenor).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun] > alto or counter-tenor

altus1597

alto1611

counter-tenor1771

counter1869

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 128 Now must your Altus or Tenor (because sometime the Tenor is aboue the Altus) ascend to the sixth or thirteenth.

1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 86 The Base requires a third below, and the Altus [L. altus] the same aboue.

a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 163 A Deep Base that must reach as low as Hell to describe the Passion, and thence rebound to a joyful Altus, the high-strain of the Resurrection.

1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music II. ii. iii. 156 In a cantus of four parts the progression was frequently alternative, that is to say, in the bass and contra-tenor binary, and in the tenor and altus ternary.

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. v. 477 In whatever Tone the following Kyrie is begun by the Cantus, if the Altus takes the same note, and the Tenor and Base the octave below, the Harmony will be found correct.

1819 T. Busby Gen. Hist. Music xviii. 418 Those [parts] used in the compositions of the Pope's chapel, amounted to no more than four: bass, tenor, altus, and cantus.

1887 Athenæum 25 June 842/1 The work is written for cantus, altus, and tenor—a rather unusual combination of voices.

1929 Jrnl. Folk-song Soc. 8 157 The Carlisle part-books containing the Altus and Bassus of the song have an almost romantic history.

1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. vii. 429 One would hardly want to sing..the altus, or even the cantus, with the bass viol alone.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating a voice, part, line, etc., occupying this range. Cf. alto adj.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [adjective]

altus1734

1734 E. Gibson Excellent Use Psalmody (new ed.) Introd. sig. I3^v (table) Altus Part, Cliff on 1st Line.

1862 Catal. Libr. Sacred Harmonic Soc. 103 The Altus part.

1958 H. K. Andrews Introd. Technique of Palestrina 132 The crotchet F sharp on the last minim pulse of the Altus voice.

1980 Early Music 8 104/2 The recent identification of an altus partbook in the library of the Yale School of Music.

2010 C. Walkley J. Esquivel 186 The altus line is shown in the 1608 print with accidentals in the opening phase.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	altus
释义	altusn.adj. Brit. /ˈaltəs/, U.S. /ˈæltəs/, /ˈɔltəs/, /ˈɑltəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin altus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin altus high voice (15th cent.), use as noun (short for contratenor altus high counter-tenor (15th cent.); compare contratenor n., counter-tenor n.) of masculine of classical Latin altus high < the same Indo-European base as old adj. Compare earlier alt n.¹ and also alto n.² Music. historical in later use. A. n. A term for the second highest voice in four-part polyphony, originally occupying a range below the superius (superius n.), and overlapping with the tenor, but later becoming distinct from the latter (see alto n.² 3). Also: a line or part for this voice in polyphonic music (cf. alto n.² 1).Up to the 14th cent. polyphonic music was composed for three voices, usually designated superius (cantus), tenor, and contratenor. In the 15th cent. a fourth voice was introduced, with the contratenor being divided into contratenor bassus (hence bass) and contratenor altus (hence altus and counter-tenor). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun] > alto or counter-tenor altus1597 alto1611 counter-tenor1771 counter1869 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 128 Now must your Altus or Tenor (because sometime the Tenor is aboue the Altus) ascend to the sixth or thirteenth. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 86 The Base requires a third below, and the Altus [L. altus] the same aboue. a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 163 A Deep Base that must reach as low as Hell to describe the Passion, and thence rebound to a joyful Altus, the high-strain of the Resurrection. 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music II. ii. iii. 156 In a cantus of four parts the progression was frequently alternative, that is to say, in the bass and contra-tenor binary, and in the tenor and altus ternary. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. v. 477 In whatever Tone the following Kyrie is begun by the Cantus, if the Altus takes the same note, and the Tenor and Base the octave below, the Harmony will be found correct. 1819 T. Busby Gen. Hist. Music xviii. 418 Those [parts] used in the compositions of the Pope's chapel, amounted to no more than four: bass, tenor, altus, and cantus. 1887 Athenæum 25 June 842/1 The work is written for cantus, altus, and tenor—a rather unusual combination of voices. 1929 Jrnl. Folk-song Soc. 8 157 The Carlisle part-books containing the Altus and Bassus of the song have an almost romantic history. 1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. vii. 429 One would hardly want to sing..the altus, or even the cantus, with the bass viol alone. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a voice, part, line, etc., occupying this range. Cf. alto adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [adjective] altus1734 1734 E. Gibson Excellent Use Psalmody (new ed.) Introd. sig. I3^v (table) Altus Part, Cliff on 1st Line. 1862 Catal. Libr. Sacred Harmonic Soc. 103 The Altus part. 1958 H. K. Andrews Introd. Technique of Palestrina 132 The crotchet F sharp on the last minim pulse of the Altus voice. 1980 Early Music 8 104/2 The recent identification of an altus partbook in the library of the Yale School of Music. 2010 C. Walkley J. Esquivel 186 The altus line is shown in the 1608 print with accidentals in the opening phase. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1597
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