Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mezzo-soprano.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, middle; half; mean; moderate. Abbreviated M.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Mus.) Mean; not extreme.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music
mezzo-soprano
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
- noun the female singing voice between contralto and soprano
Etymologies
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Examples
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And now we just got what we call a mezzo scale discussion from the storm prediction center.
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JACQUI JERAS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, Fred, right now, that same area that you were just talking about, the NOAA storm prediction center here has just issued what we call a mezzo scale discussion.
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The mezzo was the New Zealander Wendy Dawn Thompson, with whom I once briefly corresponded in before-she-was-famous days.
Archive 2008-12-01 Imogen 2008
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The mezzo was the New Zealander Wendy Dawn Thompson, with whom I once briefly corresponded in before-she-was-famous days.
Wednesday... Imogen 2008
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News LAWRENCE | It's always exciting to observe a young artist such as mezzo-soprano Sasha
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News LAWRENCE | It's always exciting to observe a young artist such as mezzo-soprano Sasha
WN.com - Articles related to Martin and Pops make beautiful music 'One Amore Time' 2010
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News LAWRENCE | It's always exciting to observe a young artist such as mezzo-soprano Sasha
WN.com - Articles related to Martin and Pops make beautiful music 'One Amore Time' 2010
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News LAWRENCE | It's always exciting to observe a young artist such as mezzo-soprano Sasha
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Instructors will include singers who enjoy international careers, such as mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop, baritone Gregory Rahming and mezzo-soprano
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The admirable Bernarda Fink is the soloist in the Nietzsche setting, though some may prefer more of a contralto sound than Fink's lightish mezzo; and for all the transparent beauty of the Concertgebouw's strings, the finale's hymn is never transcendent as it can be.
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