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The higher of the two countertenor voices or voice parts sung or to be sung in early 4-part church music by the highest adult male voice.

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  • It works well on its own, but usually doesn't mix well with contraltos.
  • "A common saying among contraltos is that they're only allowed to play 'witches', 'bitches', or 'britches'."
  • This is a cappella group of eighteen singers (5 sopranos, 4 contraltos, 5 tenors, and 4 basses), directed by Electo Silva, who also composes and arranges.
  • Thus, modern mezzos/contraltos such as myself wrestle with the slightly-too-high tessitura of the dessus or the slightly-too-low tessitura of the alto (or haute-contre).
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