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From:  thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
Date:  Fri Mar 23, 2001  1:24 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] a tenor who is grumpy with mozart



> Actually, what is with mozart's tenor writing??? I find it extraordinarily
> hard. Harder than Verdi, or any of the Romantics. (I'm going to be flamed
> for what I'm about to say, but i'll say it anyway). I don't think Mozart
> totally understood the voice, especially the tenor voice. It's just like
> he's written a melody (take dalla sua pace) and thought.."ok, tenor range is
> roughly between this note and this note", and just proceeded to write
> between those two notes.

Not flaming, just grinning.

Mark Montgomery


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