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From: Jeffrey Snider
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Subject: RE: VOX
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"Vox" is the Latin word for voice. e.g. The "Vox Humana" stop on an organ
literally means "Human Voice." (Although at one church where I worked it was
so hideous that I asked the organist what that said about people's thoughts
about singing!)

Another use of the word is in the 20th century work (I forget the
composer-shame on me!) "Vox Balenae" which is literally "Voice of the
Whales" and incorporates actual whale "songs."

Jeffrey Snider, DMA
Chair, Division of Vocal Studies
College of Music
University of North Texas
Denton, TX USA
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