voce di golan.
/ˌvəʊtʃeɪ dɪ ˈɡəʊlə/, U.S. /ˌvoʊtʃeɪ di ˈɡoʊlə/ Music. Now somewhat rare.
The middle register of the voice, below the head voice, now usually considered to constitute the upper part of the chest voice; = throat register n. (a) at throat n. Compounds 6. Cf. voce di petto n., voce di testa n.
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voce di petto1742
voce di testa1742
head voice1806
head register1845
chest register1847
voce di gola1876
chest-voice1879
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voce velata1838
voce di gola1876
voix blanche1920
Sprechstimme1922
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 450/2 Voce di gola, a guttural or throaty voice.
1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 11 Oct. 2/3 You are singing falsetto, or in voce di gola, or throat voice, or short reed register.
1917 Musical Courier (N.Y.) 12 Apr. 40/1 The old masters did not mean, in their teaching of ‘voce di testa,’ head tones, but head resonance; ‘voce di gola,’ throat tones, but middle resonance, and ‘voce di petto,’ not the lowest voice, but voice with the lowest resonance.
1992 C. L. Reid Ess. Nature of Singing 43 Mechanically, the voce di gola is a tonal product resulting when the two primary registers function as an effective coordinate unit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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