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contralto

type of classical female singing voice
Event voice_type Q37137
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Summary

contralto is a voice type[1]. contralto ranks in the top 7% of voice type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,246 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: Fach[3], musical style[4]
  • Subclass of: voice[5], female voice[6], alto[7]
  • Commons category: Contralto vocalists[8], Contraltos[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Contraltos[10]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[11], Encyclopedic Lexicon[12], Otto's encyclopedia[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14]
  • Different from: alto[15], deep contralto[16]
  • Female form of label: contraltu[17]

Why It Matters

contralto has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] contralto is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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