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contratenor| In the 14th and 15th centuries, a singing voice in the same range as the tenor. It was used to embellish three-part vocal music; the other parts were the melody and the tenor. Later, when four-part songs became popular, the contratenor part was split into the altus ‘high’ and bassus ‘low’ parts, and these in turn developed into the modern contralto and bass parts. |
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