A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Mezzo


​MEZZO, MEZZA (Ital.), 'half or 'medium'; whence Mezza Voce, 'with restrained force,' and Mezzo Soprano, the female voice intermediate to the Soprano and Contralto.

[ J. H. ]

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