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contralto

Low-register female voice, a high (falsetto) male voice, or a low-register boy's voice; also called an alto.
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I remember those young men, squeezed into child-sized desks, their deep voices among our contraltos and their pained endurance of school activities, both academic and social.
Should Johnny repeat third grade? by Yatvin, Joanne / Instructor (1990)
Robert Grau, "A Strange Public Aversion to Contraltos as Compared With the Sopranos of Great Fame," Musician 21 (November, 1916): 694.
"Whence comes the lady tympanist?" Gender and instrumental musicians ... by Macleod, Beth Abelson / Journal of Social History
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