(tessitura)
11tessitura — noun /tɛsɪˈtʊərə/ The vocal range of a singer. Byrne shrugged. He started writing a bravura / Opera based on Cleopatra’s death, / Exploiting all Maria’s tessitura, / With a high F before her final breath …
12tessitura — /tɛsəˈturə/ (say tesuh toohruh), / ˈtjurə/ (say tyoohruh) noun the range or compass of a voice or of a piece of music in relation to the normal range of a voice: the song has a high tessitura. {Italian: literally, texture} …
13tessitura — noun Etymology: Italian, literally, texture, from Latin textura Date: 1875 the general range of a melody or voice part; specifically the part of the register in which most of the tones of a melody or voice part lie …
14tessitura — tes|si|tu|ra Mot Pla Nom femení …
15tessitura — pl.f. tessiture …
16tessitura — [ˌtɛsɪ tjʊərə] noun Music the range within which most notes of a vocal part fall. Origin Ital., lit. texture …
17tessitura — s. f. 1. il tessere, testura 2. (fig., di opera letteraria) composizione, intreccio, trama, contesto 3. (mus.) estensione …
18tessitura — tes·si·tu·ra …
19tessitura — tes•si•tu•ra [[t]ˌtɛs ɪˈtʊər ə[/t]] n. pl. tu•ras, tu•re [[t] ˈtʊər eɪ[/t]] mad the general pitch level or average range of a vocal or instrumental part in a musical composition • Etymology: 1890–95; < It: lit., texture < L textūra; see… …
20tessitura — n. Mus. the range within which most tones of a voice part fall. Etymology: It., = TEXTURE …
