On 21 Jul 2005 at 17:17, keith helgesen wrote: > No-one would surely claim that a counter-tenor sounds the same as a female > soprano- nor would they want to. > One often hears of the shock-horror of purists at the news of 'femsops' > singing parts written for countertenors. > Quite right too. > > A good clarinet or sop sax player could easily handle any trumpet concerto, > and Horn Concertos have been transcribed for all sorts of instruments. Good > fun for the performers- but not really that good to listen to. Except to > admire the technical ability of the performer. > > Sorry- while the politics stinks- the decision is IMHO correct.
At the high school age there is as much variation in the vocal quality of female voices as there is between a countertenor and a female voice. And it wouldn't surprise me if there were repertory on the all-state choir's program that was originally written for all men, with no women at all (you realize that women were mostly prohibited from singing in church at all until the 18th century or so?). -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
