
''This is an article on the voice type. For information about the musical instrument commonly referred to as a Baritone, see Baritone horn. For other instruments, see Baritone instruments.'' In music, a baritone is a male voice of intermediate pitch, between basso and tenor. It is typically written for in the range A one octave and a third below middle C to F above middle C, though it is often extended at the top. The baritone voice is commonly subdivided as follows: *''Dramatic baritone'' is a voice with a somewhat heavier, darker quality. A typical role for dramatic baritones in opera is a villainous role, like Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio. *''Lyric baritone'' is a voice that is lighter and perhaps mellower than the dramatic baritone. It is probably the most common of the baritone voice types. A typical role for a lyric baritone in opera is a comical role, like Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. *''Verdi baritone'' is a more specialized voice category, referring to a voice capable of singing consistently and with ease in the highest part of the baritone range, perhaps even up to the A above middle C. A typical role in opera for Verdi bartiones is similar to the dramatic baritone: a cold-blooded villain, like Germont in Verdi's La Traviata, or Scarpia in Tosca. ==Barbershop baritone== In barbershop music, the baritone part sings in a similar but somewhat lower range to the lead (singing the melody), but has a specific and specialised role in the formation of the four-part harmony that characterises the style. Because barbershop singers can also be female, there is consequently such a singer (at least in barbershop singing) as a female baritone. The baritone singer is often the one required to support or 'fill' the bass sound (typically by singing the fifth above the bass root). On the other hand, the baritone will occasionally find himself harmonising above the melody, which calls for a tenor-like quality. Because of the nature of barbershop arrangements the baritone part is invariably the most challenging to learn and the hardest to improvise. ==Famous baritones== [[Image:Josh_groban01.jpg|right|thumb|Baritone Josh Groban in Sarah Brightman's ''La Luna: Live in Concert'' (2001)]] Many singers in popular music have been baritones, such as: *Bing Crosby *Billy Eckstine *Robert Goulet *Josh Groban *Jim Morrison *Elvis Presley *Frank Sinatra *Joe Williams *Pat Boone Some famous baritones in classical music include: *Sir Thomas Allen *Robert Allman *Pierre Bernac *José Van Dam *Dale Duesing *Sir Geraint Evans *Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau *Tito Gobbi *Matthias Goerne *Hakan Hagegard *Thomas Hampson (singer) *Hans Hotter *Dmitri Hvorostovsky *Bruce Martin *Robert Merrill *Titta Ruffo *Vladimir Ruzdjak *Donald Shanks *John Shirley-Quirk *Gérard Souzay *Bryn Terfel *Neil Warren-Smith *Gregory Yurisich ---- See also soprano, alto (voice), tenor, basso, timbre Vocal ranges
I removed the following text, temporarily, because it seemed a bit incomplete and unrelated to anything else. ==Distribution and Division== There is a continuous distribution of many measurable characteristics, including characteristics such as height, weight and shoe size. Male vocal range is similarly distributed. Therefore the baritone voice, being in the middle of the distribution, is the most common. In eighteenth century and earlier choral music the range of male voices was typically separated into only two divisions - tenor and bass. For example Handel's Messiah has tenors and basses in the choruses and a tenor and a bass soloist. When composers wished for further complexity, they usually sub-divided the male voices into four parts with 1st and 2nd tenors and 1st and 2nd basses. The modern concept of a baritone is largely the result of late nineteenth century opera composers dividing the male vocal range not into two or four parts but three: tenor, baritone, and bass. == Recent Edits == I don't want to start reverting, and I agree that there was some work that needed to be done, but "Greatly expanded" doesn't jive with what 70.177.206.148 did by wiping out almost the entire article. Should we readd stuf? User:RasputinAXP 04:54, 2 May 2005 (UTC) Removal of almost the whole article in my opinion is tantamount to vandalism, and I am going to do my best to re-instate it. I will have to do this without reversion, because it looks like we've progressed too far since the WIPEOUT occurred. User:Brequinda 13:26, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC) Now that I've looked at the history of the article, I believe that the LAST GOOD version was the one before 18:44 29/Apr/05. This revision (by RasputinAXP) left us with but a shadow of the former glorious article. I think whoever 70.177.206.148 is, he is not to blame for the WIPEOUT, because his revision was trying to restore some sense and order. User:Brequinda 13:42, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC) Can't we just take the "good" post-29/Apr revision material and insert it into the Last Good? User:RasputinAXP 11:50, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC) I believe that is what I've now done, by combining whatever was 'current' with the wiped last good version. User:Brequinda 13:09, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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''This is an article on the voice type. For information about the musical instrument commonly referred to as a Baritone, see Baritone horn. For other instruments, see Baritone instruments.'' In music, a baritone is a male voice of intermediate pitch, between basso and tenor. It is typically written for in the range A one octave and a third below middle C to F above middle C, though it is often extended at the top. The baritone voice is commonly subdivided as follows: *''Dramatic baritone'' is a voice with a somewhat heavier, darker quality. A typical role for dramatic baritones in opera is a villainous role, like Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio. *''Lyric baritone'' is a voice that is lighter and perhaps mellower than the dramatic baritone. It is probably the most common of the baritone voice types. A typical role for a lyric baritone in opera is a comical role, like Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. *''Verdi baritone'' is a more specialized voice category, referring to a voice capable of singing consistently and with ease in the highest part of the baritone range, perhaps even up to the A above middle C. A typical role in opera for Verdi bartiones is similar to the dramatic baritone: a cold-blooded villain, like Germont in Verdi's La Traviata, or Scarpia in Tosca. ==Barbershop baritone== In barbershop music, the baritone part sings in a similar but somewhat lower range to the lead (singing the melody), but has a specific and specialised role in the formation of the four-part harmony that characterises the style. Because barbershop singers can also be female, there is consequently such a singer (at least in barbershop singing) as a female baritone. The baritone singer is often the one required to support or 'fill' the bass sound (typically by singing the fifth above the bass root). On the other hand, the baritone will occasionally find himself harmonising above the melody, which calls for a tenor-like quality. Because of the nature of barbershop arrangements the baritone part is invariably the most challenging to learn and the hardest to improvise. ==Famous baritones== [[Image:Josh_groban01.jpg|right|thumb|Baritone Josh Groban in Sarah Brightman's ''La Luna: Live in Concert'' (2001)]] Many singers in popular music have been baritones, such as: *Bing Crosby *Billy Eckstine *Robert Goulet *Josh Groban *Jim Morrison *Elvis Presley *Frank Sinatra *Joe Williams *Pat Boone Some famous baritones in classical music include: *Sir Thomas Allen *Robert Allman *Pierre Bernac *José Van Dam *Dale Duesing *Sir Geraint Evans *Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau *Tito Gobbi *Matthias Goerne *Hakan Hagegard *Thomas Hampson (singer) *Hans Hotter *Dmitri Hvorostovsky *Bruce Martin *Robert Merrill *Titta Ruffo *Vladimir Ruzdjak *Donald Shanks *John Shirley-Quirk *Gérard Souzay *Bryn Terfel *Neil Warren-Smith *Gregory Yurisich ---- See also soprano, alto (voice), tenor, basso, timbre Vocal ranges
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I removed the following text, temporarily, because it seemed a bit incomplete and unrelated to anything else. ==Distribution and Division== There is a continuous distribution of many measurable characteristics, including characteristics such as height, weight and shoe size. Male vocal range is similarly distributed. Therefore the baritone voice, being in the middle of the distribution, is the most common. In eighteenth century and earlier choral music the range of male voices was typically separated into only two divisions - tenor and bass. For example Handel's Messiah has tenors and basses in the choruses and a tenor and a bass soloist. When composers wished for further complexity, they usually sub-divided the male voices into four parts with 1st and 2nd tenors and 1st and 2nd basses. The modern concept of a baritone is largely the result of late nineteenth century opera composers dividing the male vocal range not into two or four parts but three: tenor, baritone, and bass. == Recent Edits == I don't want to start reverting, and I agree that there was some work that needed to be done, but "Greatly expanded" doesn't jive with what 70.177.206.148 did by wiping out almost the entire article. Should we readd stuf? User:RasputinAXP 04:54, 2 May 2005 (UTC) Removal of almost the whole article in my opinion is tantamount to vandalism, and I am going to do my best to re-instate it. I will have to do this without reversion, because it looks like we've progressed too far since the WIPEOUT occurred. User:Brequinda 13:26, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC) Now that I've looked at the history of the article, I believe that the LAST GOOD version was the one before 18:44 29/Apr/05. This revision (by RasputinAXP) left us with but a shadow of the former glorious article. I think whoever 70.177.206.148 is, he is not to blame for the WIPEOUT, because his revision was trying to restore some sense and order. User:Brequinda 13:42, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC) Can't we just take the "good" post-29/Apr revision material and insert it into the Last Good? User:RasputinAXP 11:50, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC) I believe that is what I've now done, by combining whatever was 'current' with the wiped last good version. User:Brequinda 13:09, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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