Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music, a high treble or soprano voice, or the part sung by such a voice.
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Jesus, and then returns into Paradise: and note that the words of God the Father be very audibly pronounced and well sounded in three voices, that is to say, a treble, a counter-treble and a counter-bass, all in tune; and in this way must the following lines be repeated:
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