On Sep 27, 2006, at 6:38 PM, Howard Posner wrote: > David Rastall wrote: > >> By "singing in a normal voice" Sting is saying that he does not care >> for the operatic catterwauling which, as you well know, Mark, is >> totally IN-appropriate to Dowland's lute songs. > > Caterwauling operatic countertenors?
Well, I've been around counters long enough, and sung in countertenor sections, to know that they do occasionally caterwaul. For that matter, I would say that any operatic sound is inappropriate for lute songs simply because it's too much noise. DR [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
