tenor

the adult male singing voice above baritone the pitch range of the highest male voice an adult male with a tenor voice a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life

"nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways" the general meaning or substance of an utterance

"although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument" (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass

"a tenor sax" of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice

"tenor voice"

This article is about Tenor in music. For other meanings see Tenor (disambiguation).''Vocal range In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as a countertenor). In four part chorale-style harmony, it is the second lowest voice, above the bassobass and below the soprano and alto (voice)alto. A typical tenor will have a range extending roughly from the C an octave below middle C to the C above middle C (i.e. C3-C5). In a mixed-gender choir, females may also sing as tenors. Unlike its female counterpart, the soprano, tenors are frequently required to execute the Tenor C, C5, on demand in order to be considered a true tenor. born tenor]]Generally the tenor roles are parallel to the soprano roles, in that they are usually the most sympathetic male roles; they play the hero, the lover... but there are the occasional villains (the Duke of Mantua in ''Rigoletto (opera)Rigoletto''; Lt. Pinkerton and Goro in ''Madama ButterflyMadame Butterfly'')

Types - In opera, distinctions are made between different types of tenor:

Tenore vocal weightdrammatico, di forza or robusto: a powerful, rich, heroic tenor (Giuseppe VerdiVerdi's Otello)

Heldentenor: the German equivalent of the tenore drammatico, however with a more baritonebaritonal quality; the typical Richard WagnerWagnerian protagonist (Lohengrin, Siegfried, Siegmund, Parsifal)

Tenore leggero: a light, flexible tenor, specializing in the Mozartean repertoire, but also in the operas of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini, and sometimes specializing in Baroque repertoire or in comical roles

Tenore Buffo: a relatively weak voice with certain limitations, with a timbre that is not entirely appealing. Specializes in comic roles such as Don Basilio in Mozart's "Le Nozze Di Figaro" or Monostatos in Mozart's "Die Zauberflote"

Tenore vocal weightlirico or di grazia: a lightweight, graceful, lyric tenor (the Duke of Mantua in ''Rigoletto (opera)Rigoletto''; Rodolfo in ''La Boheme'')

Tenore (lirico) spinto: a lyric tenor with more "punch", therefore able to play more heroic roles (Radamès in ''Aida'')

Trial: a high, thin, nasal tenor, used for character roles. Named after Antoine Trial (1736-1792), a singer at the Opéra Comique. (Bénoit in ''La Boheme'')

Baritenor, a lyric dark tenor, or one with a strong baritonic lower register, but tops out only a A or B above middle C.

Origin of the term - The name "tenor" comes from the Latin word ''tenere'', which means "to hold". In medieval music, the tenor voice was always assigned the cantus firmus, the main melody. The other voices added harmony and counterpoint to the tenor.

Other uses - In the Barbershop musicBarbershop harmony musical style, the name "tenor" is used for the ''highest'' part. The four parts are known (lowest to highest) as ''bass'', ''baritone'', ''lead'', and ''tenor.'' The tenor generally sings in falsetto voice (thus the term ''tenor'' used in barbershop terminology most closely corresponds to the term ''countertenor'' as used in classical music), and harmonizes above the lead, who sings the melody. The barbershop tenor range is, as notated, Bb-below-middle C to D-above-high-C (and sung an octave lower).It is often applied to instruments to indicate their range in relation to other instruments of the same group. For instance the tenor saxophone.

Famous tenors -

Classical music - ]] ]] ]] ]]Many of the most famous opera singers have been tenors, such as:

Roberto Alagna

Mario Ancona

Luigi Alva

Carlo Bergonzi

Andrea Bocelli

Jussi Björling

Charles Bressler

José Carreras

Enrico Caruso

Franco Corelli

José Cura

Alfredo Kraus

Mario del Monaco

Giuseppe Di Stefano

Plácido Domingo

Nicolai Gedda

Beniamino Gigli

Ernst Haefliger

Mario Lanza

Richard Leech (opera singer)Richard Leech

Lauritz Melchior

Antonio Paolí

Luciano Pavarotti

Helge Rosvaenge

Tito Schipa

Jon Vickers

Wolfgang Windgassen

Fritz WunderlichThere have also been some tenors who have been well known for other types of music, who have concentrated on concert performances either with orchestras, or in chamber music, such as lieder or song recitals. These performers may be better known for this kind of work than for opera. Famous tenors of this repertory include

John Mark Ainsley

Ian Bostridge

John Heddle-Nash

Richard Lewis (tenor)Richard Lewis

John McCormack

Peter Pears

Christoph Prégardien

Peter Schreier

Richard Tauber

Robert Tear

Alexander Young

Popular and crossover music - ''NOTE: In most cases, it is not possible to find a reputable source for the vocal range of a given pop singer. Most names are listed here on an empirical basis. It must be noted that in the pop world, the vocal range of a singer is sometimes artificially enhanced.''

Clay Aiken

Geoff Tate

Christian Andréason

Michael Ball (singer)Michael Ball

Antonio Banderas

Andrea Bocelli - also a mainstream tenor

Bono

Jack Bruce

Jeff Buckley

Urs Buhler

Norbert Leo Butz

Phil Collins

Jamie Cullum

Micky Dolenz

Anthony Fedorov

Mario Frangoulis - classical crossover (music)crossover

David Habbin

Haddaway

George Harrison

Tom Hulce

Sebastien Izambard

Michael Jackson

Constantine Maroulis

Mario Lanza - also a mainstream tenor

Chris Martin

Paul McCartney

George Michael

David Miller (singer)

Luciano Pavarotti - also a mainstream tenor

Donny Osmond

Adam Pascal

Mandy Patinkin

Seal

Steve Perry (musician)Steve Perry

Robert Plant

Alessandro Safina - classical crossover (music)crossover

Geoff Sewell

Neil Tennant

Justin Timberlake

John Travolta

Usher RaymondUsher

Russell Watson - classical crossover (music)crossover

Steve Tyler

"Weird Al" Yankovic

See also -

countertenor

baritone

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