Meaning of tenorize | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To sing tenor.
   intransitive
2. To sing (something) in a tenor register.
   transitive
3. To convert a piece for tenor.
   transitive
4. To use (a voice, performer) as a tenor.
   transitive

Examples

“Mr. Alfred O'Shea, a tenorizing youth from Australia, sang several times at Queen's Hall, and may congratulate himself on being one of the 'catches' of the season. He sang airs from Italian and French operas, and also a number of Irish ditties—naturally, with a name like that and such an ingratiating McCormackian voice.”

“A "Study In Blue" unfolded in three parts, starting with the ROXY Jazzmanians doing a swinging "Birth of the Blues" and William Robyn tenorized under "Blue Skies" to be followed by the popular "Rhapsody In Blue" […]”

“It is certainly interesting to hear how he will occasionally ‘tenorize‘ while usually keeping to his normal baritone production.”

“He has that rich, thrillingly masculine voice of which we can hardly ever tire. He has to tenorise (let the impossible word pass) his top notes a trifle, but his art is so good that one hardly notices this after the first occasion.”

“Allan Prior, with pipes functioning on all six, tenorized a conglomeration of semi-classical and show bits.”

“A curious experiment was tried with the music of Don Giovanni in order to enable Nourrit to sing in that beautiful opera. The music allotted to the Don was all tenorized; but this scheme was not happy in its results . It is very doubtful whether any music can safely be transposed from the key in which it was first inspired”

“probably intended as a sequel to the tenorized, masculinized version of »Misera! dove son«”

“Mr. Fanning should not be so angry about being "tenorized," for he has such an extended upper range that he might conceivably deceive a public who did not know him.”

“The great chazzanim, with the exception of very few, were tenors; or, if baritones, they "tenorized" their voices.”

“If he has really been able to tenorize [ténoriser] his voice, one can predict he will appear as an accomplished artist”

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