Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who speaks or sings in falsetto.
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Examples
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Valle as one of the earliest of the castrati, but appears in the Vatican records as a falsettist, and another singer,
Notes on 'Sounds Romantic: The Castrato and English Poetics Around 1800' 2005
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Judging by his relatively low speaking voice, he's a falsettist, also called male soprano or countertenor but he's very "counter" indeed!
Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010
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Andreas Scholl, probably the world's most famous falsettist, has just said: "I once told an interviewer I wanted to sing Carmen."
The Guardian World News Tom Service 2010
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Andreas Scholl, probably the world's most famous falsettist, has just said: "I once told an interviewer I wanted to sing Carmen."
The Guardian World News Tom Service 2010
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Michael Maniaci, a 33-year-old Peters native, is not a falsettist.
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Most scholars assume the part was taken by a male falsettist, which makes the humor in the piece all the more vicious.
CounterPunch 2009
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Most scholars assume the part was taken by a male falsettist, which makes the humor in the piece all the more vicious.
CounterPunch 2009
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One flaw of this critic's logic is to imagine that biotechnological power is new to the arena of exceptionalism (It wouldn't have been reasonable to cast a screeching falsettist in the leading role of
Sounds Romantic: The Castrato and English Poetics Around 1800 2005
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