English Explanatory Dictionary

cantu a tenore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A style of a capella vocal music native to Sardinia featuring a quartet of men singing a four-part harmony, and is characteristic for its use of throat singing.

Word forms

cantu a tenore canto a tenore cantu a tenòre

Etymology

Borrowed from Sardinian cantu a tenòre (literally “singing a tenore”).

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