Definition of Alto

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Definition of Alto
	Alto Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor. An alto singer. Related Definitions: Alto, An, And, Between, By, Contralto, Female, Formerly, In, Instrumental, It, Male, Music, Now, Or, Part, Singer, Soprano, Sung, Tenor, The

Alto Quotations

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
Gavin Bryars

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone.
Gerry Mulligan

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing.
Gerry Mulligan

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra.
Gerry Mulligan

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs.
Gerry Mulligan

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.
Eric Allin Cornell

I don't know what I was trying to get out of a tenor - but it never really satisfied me until one day I picked up my alto and I said, "Where have you been?" and I said right here for now on!
Jerome Richardson

Alto Translations

alto in German is Altstimme {f}
alto in Spanish is contralto

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