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The voice part that gets the melody because everyone else agreed to let it.
means The highest-pitched singing voice, typically a woman's or a treble boy's, and the vocal line written for it.
from From Italian soprano, meaning 'above' or 'higher,' built from sopra ('above'), itself from Latin supra. The word simply marks a voice sitting above the others in pitch — musical geography more than melody politics, though the result is the same.
- range
- typically C4 to C6, sometimes higher
- orchestra rivalry
- can out-volume a full brass section
- opera trope
- usually dies tragically by the final act
- etymology
- from Italian sopra, meaning above