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noun
The highest of the male modal voices (i.e. not a countertenor); it is lower than the female contralto and higher than the tenor. Only specified as a seperate voice part in French Baroque repertoire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: baroque music jargon
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History
From French haute-contre.
