Karen,
In my Peter's edition, the Et exultavit is listed as a mezzo-soprano solo. I suppose that tag might have been added later. The Esurientes is listed as an alto solo. Personally, I don't care what they call the singers in the Magnificat, I just love to listen to them.
David Grogan East Texas Baptist University Marshall, Texas
Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first. ~Josh Billings~
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Mercedes" <dalila@R...> From: "Karen Mercedes" <dalila@R...> To: "Mike & Vicki Bryant" <mbryant@f...> To: "Mike & Vicki Bryant" <mbryant@f...> Cc: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [vocalist] The no man's land of mezzo-soprano (was Mozart for contraltos)
> I've always thought it interesting that one of the non-soprano female > solos in Bach's MAGNIFICAT in D is for "Soprano II" (Et exultavit) and the > other is for "Alto" (Esurientes). IN Bach terms, the "Soprano II" is > usually the one who sings the lower soprano line in a soprano duet, or the > middle line in a trio like "Suscepit Israel" form the same work. I think, > perhaps, in oratorio terms you are a Soprano II and not an Alto, and > should be trying to find the (few) solos for Soprano II in that > repertoire. > > That said, most of the performances of Bach's MAGNIFICAT I've attended > have had the same soloist sing both "Et Exultavit" and "Esurientes", and I > do both of these arias myself, because I can't distinguish a signficant > difference in tessitura between them. > > KM > ===== > My NEIL SHICOFF Website: > http://www.radix.net/~dalila/shicoff/shicoff.html > > My Website: > http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html > > ----- > We're sitting in the opera house; > We're waiting for the curtain to arise > With wonders for our eyes, > A feeling of expectancy, > A certain kind of ecstasy, > Expectancy and ecstasy....Sh's's's. > > - Charles Ives > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
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