Nor are the ardent voices that supported (or denounced) abstraction and political art in the 1910s, '20s and '30s heard in these pages.

In that capacity, she earned a reputation as a skillful negotiator and an ardent voice for those who have been shut out of the economic, political, and social mainstream.

Belief is in the air from the minute you enter the galleries and catch Mr. N'Dour's sweet, high, ardent voice.

Later on, opening up to Rodolfo, she gives ardent voice to that melody.

It was a fine ardent voice and it rang with conviction.

It sounded like thousands of people chanting so far away that you couldn't make out their words but could hear only the soft, blended roar of many ardent voices.

But its center is an ardent voice, singing the intricate slides and quick curlicues of Arabic tradition.

The Brooklyn-born tenor Gerard Powers brought his boyish looks and small but rich and ardent voice to the role of Ruggero.

But Ms. Braxton's greatest asset is her voice - ardent, tearful, gutsy - and an improvisatory delivery that promises spontaneous, heartfelt emotion.

Mr. Villazón brings an ardent voice, Verdian style and virile energy to the Duke of Mantua.