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From: thomas mark montgomery
To: John Alexander Blyth
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Subject: Re: Tenor timbre vs baritone timbre
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> 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