According to Ray Nurse, at the Baroque Vocal Workshop I attended, there were two kinds of singing in the Renaissance: church and chamber, often done by the same person.
On Oct 24, 2006, at 10:23 PM, bill kilpatrick wrote: > "operatic tenors" to me sounds like he's making a > distinction between those who are trained to project > their voices with the aid of their diaphragm - a > brisk, penetrating, back-of-the-hall-reaching, royal > shakespeare company voice - as opposed to someone > speaking (singing) normally. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
