Definition of baritone Baritone

/bɛˈɹʌtowˌn/ - [berutown] - bar•i•tone

We found 21 definitions of baritone from 7 different sources.

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What does baritone mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: baritones

baritone - the second lowest brass wind instrument
  baritone horn
baritone - the second lowest adult male singing voice
  baritone voice
baritone - a male singer
  barytone

Adjective

baritone - lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone voice"; "baritone oboe"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • baritone (Noun)
    The male voice between tenor and bass.
  • baritone (Noun)
    The musical range between tenor and bass.
  • baritone (Noun)
    A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass.
  • baritone (Noun)
    Specifically, a brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one.
  • baritone (Noun)
    A word that has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being implied.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • baritone (a. & n.)
    See Barytone.
  • baritone (a.)
    Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.
  • baritone (a.)
    Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
  • baritone (n.)
    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.
  • baritone (n.)
    A person having a voice of such range.
  • baritone (n.)
    The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.
  • baritone (n.)
    A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • baritone
    The range of male voice pitch that is deeper than tenor, but not so deep as bass.
  • baritone
    A cylindrical bore instrument, member of the brass instrument family, pitched in B♭.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • baritone
    bar′i-tōn. Same as Barytone

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • A baritone is a man with a voice range between that of a tenor (high male voice) and bass (low male voice).

    Famous baritone roles in opera include: Papageno in Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and Figaro in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville".

    Some baritones have voices not quite low enough to be a true bass, and prefer to call themselves bass-baritones. Bryn Terfel is a famous Welsh bass-baritone.

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is often thought of as the greatest baritone of the later 20th century. He was famous as a Lieder singer as well as on the concert stage and in opera.

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