| Date sent: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:59:40 EST Subject: Re: Castrati To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
In a message dated 1/18/00 12:00:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, vocalist writes:
<< Can someone please tell me how castration alters the voice? I read that about 4 thousand boys were castrated in the 17th century every year to enable them to have the most beautiful voices to sing in the churches. >>
When a boy is castrated (it must be before puberty) they then lack testosterone and the voice stays feminine.
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