| From: thomas mark montgomery To: John Alexander Blyth Copies to: VOCALIST <vocalist> Subject: Re: Tenor timbre vs baritone timbre Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
> Yet another angle: some people characterise "baritone" as big and > warm, others as clear, others as manly (put in your own " "s!). In the mid > to late 20th century baritone seems to cover a wide range of voices, from > the almost tenor-like Verdi baritone (in my view, anyway), to the rich, > almost bass-like quality of, say, Fischer-Dieskau.
There's no accounting for somethings in voices. I would never in a million years have described Fischer-Dieskau's voice as rich or bass-like.
Mark Montgomery
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