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Autodescription — contralto (Q37137)
description: type of classical female singing voice
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- Parent classes (classes of items which contain this one item)
- contralto (Q37137)
- voice (Q17172850) (@)→
- female voice (Q50810224)
- alto (Q6983813)
- voice (Q17172850) (@)→
- low voice (Q116680821)
- →(@) voice (Q17172850)
- continuous-pitch instrument (Q98329515)
- musical instrument (Q34379)
- sound generator (Q267228)
- music equipment (Q56146933)
- archaeological artifact (Q220659)
- →(%) physical tool (Q39546)
- →(§) artificial physical object (Q8205328)
- musical instrument (Q34379)
- continuous-pitch instrument (Q98329515)
- →(@) voice (Q17172850)
- contralto (Q37137)
- Subclasses (classes which contain special kinds of items of this class)
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Alto / Contralto[edit]
Sometimes, what is "Alto" (or similar) in one language is "Contralto" (or similar) in another, sometimes it's not. If it's not, one of the languages often uses both terms with a slightly different meaning.
In a language like German, de:Alt (Stimmlage) ought to link to en:Contralto because that's the dominant meaning, but also to en:Alto; in reverse, en:Alto and en:Contralto should both link to de:Alt (Stimmlage). I understand that links to more than one interlanguage link have become impossible some time ago. I think that was a backwards step. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 06:01, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
- There are two german terms:
- Alt: low womans voice or very high male voice (=countertenor), just a little below a mezzosoprano, but with darker timbre.
- Kontra-Alt: very low womans voice similar to a male tenor voice: Kathleen Ferrier (Q240922), Zarah Leander (Q46479) however this term is rarely used. The german article Alt (Stimmlage) includes both terms.--Giftzwerg 88 (talk) 21:51, 7 September 2014 (UTC)