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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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tenor A. general sense of a discourse, etc. XIII; continuous progress XIV; †quality, condition XVI;
B. (mus.) voice or part between alto and bass XIV. ME.
ten(o)ur — AN.
tenur, OF.
tenour (mod.
teneur course, import) — L.
tenor,
-ōr- continuous course, substance, import of a law, etc., f.
tenēre hold; see -OR2. Sense B. was in OF.
tenor (mod.
ténor) — It.
tenore and medL.
tenor; the sense (‘holding or the continuous part’) is due to the allotting of the melody to that part.
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Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
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tenor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tenor highest natural male voice . In medieval polyphony, tenor was the name given to the voice that had the cantus firmus...was arranged in notes of long duration, hence the term tenor, from the Latin tenere, to hold. In about the 12th cent...
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The Irish Tenors
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...Sources The career of the Irish Tenors has been one of the most unusual...various members of the Irish Tenors, John McDermott was the only...original member of the Irish Tenors, took an even more unusual...Ireland’s Search for a Tenor,” a national vocal...
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Three Mo’ Tenors
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
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Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
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