Italian for texture. A term which describes the range or compass of a role or a piece of music in relation to the vocal type for which it was written. Thus, for example, Verdi's baritone roles are said to have a particularly high tessitura.
The prevailing range, or ambitus, of a part--high, middle, low--in relation to the overall compass of that part. One would say, for example, the silvery color of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier was a function in part of its generally high tessitura. Roughly synonymous with register. (This is a good word to know if you ever see the musical Gypsy, where one of the strippers with a gimmick is named Tessie Tura.)
An Italian term meaning "texture" that is used in opera to describe the vocal range of a role. It is also used to describe a piece of music in relation to the vocal type for which it was written. For example, Verdi's baritone roles are said to have a particularly high tessitura.
dearly loved old singer who turns up everywhere, with her high notes (or low, as the case may be)
(tess-ee-TOOR-ah) From the Italian, meaning “texture.†A term which indicates the average position of a composition’s notes in relation to the range of voice or instrument for which it was written. In other words, not extreme highs and lows but where it principally lies in the singer’s range. For example, Zerbinetta’s aria in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos has a particularly high tessitura.
(tehs-see-TOO-rah) (Italian) — Literally "texture", it defines the average pitch level of a role. Two roles may have the same range from the lowest to the highest note, but the one with a greater proportion of high notes has the higher tessitura.
the general range of a melody, considering the most commonly used pitches, not the highest and lowest extremes
the range of pitches in a piece of music. A piece with many high notes is said to have a high tessitura.
the range of notes that determine the general position of a voice, for example the tessitura is centred within a certain octave
The range of a vocal part, whether it is high, medium or low in relation to the voice's range.
where a melody is located within a given vocal register (e.g. high in the soprano range); also, where a melody spends most of its time within its overall range. Tessitura can be high, medium or low.
(tess-ee-TOOR-ah) The average range of a vocal part in an opera; for example, the tessitura of Lucia is quite high, that of Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana (although it is still a soprano role) is low enough that the role could be sung by a mezzo-soprano.
The most comfortable part of a singer's vocal range.
a term used in reference to the ‘lieâ€(tm) of a role: if a tessitura is said to be high, this may not mean that any individual note is particularly high but rather that the role on the whole tends to lie in the upper area of the voice.
Italian. The average range of a particular voice or instrument in a composition. If a tessitura is "high," the notes tend to be in the higher extreme of the total range of that voice or instrument.
teh-sih-TOO-rah]: Within a role's range, there's the tessitura . . . the part of the range where the role requires the singer to spend most of his/her time singing. The soprano role of Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre is considered to have a low tessitura. High notes are few and far between, and even then the role's range only goes up to a high B-flat. The bulk of the role lies in the middle and low registers, which is why a mezzo-soprano like Waltraud Meier can sing it comfortably.
An Italian word meaning "texture", it describes the position of the range of notes produced by an instrument or a voice (e.g., high, medium or low).
1. The general range of a melody or voice part. 2. The part of the register in which most of the tones of the melody or voice part lie.
The general pitch range of a vocal part.
In music, tessitura (Italian: texture) is a range of pitches compared to the instrument for which it was intended to be used.
