Apart from Rossini's Cat Duet, I vaguely remember the Walter de la Mare poem and song; I will think.
I have just seen it mentioned it a later post; I receive the Digest.
May I be frivolous for once, please ? Those rrrrrrr sounds; I cannot do them, although cats can; I was told that people who can rub their stomachs in a circular motion and pat their chests at the same time can produce this sound; why, I have no idea ! I can't do this myself, but over the years I have found "trillers" who can carry out that particular exercise !
Elsa, Historian: church and operatic castrati, http://www.cix.co.uk/~velluti (Revised: March, 2002)
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