An alternate or archaic spelling of baritone; a male singing voice that is lower than tenor but higher than bass.
Greek 'barys' (heavy) + 'tonos' (tone). The spelling 'barytone' was common in English before 'baritone' became standardized in the 19th century.
Finding 'barytone' in old texts is like archaeological evidence of how English spelling used to be more flexible—modern standardization made everything clearer but lost some of the etymological transparency!
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