In a message dated 1/3/2003 8:30:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, lloyd.hanson@n... writes:
> The concept of many > various fachs or types of singers is a modern concept that was not a > part of the considerations during the 18th and most of the 19th > centuries. Most singers were trained to have ranges that are much > longer than is expected of modern singers.
lloyd,
it seems to me that the literature before verdi, at least for lower voiced males, does not, in general, demand such. if anything, the literature from verdi on seems to demand more facility in the upper range. so, i am puzzled as to why these pre-verdian singers would be required to train longer ranges.
mike
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