Definition of Baritone

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Baritone

See Barytone.

Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other.

A person having a voice of such range.

The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.

A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

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Baritone Quotations

The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.
Steve Lacy

When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.
Placido Domingo

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

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.
Gerry Mulligan

I used a baritone guitar with a very unusual tuning that became the body of the composition, while the classical guitar is on top of it with the main rhythm part.
Lee Ritenour

Because of her interest and demands, I amplified an average baritone voice into one that is loud and clear.
Johnny Olson

Baritone Translations

baritone in Hungarian is baritonista, bariton
baritone in Swedish is baryton

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