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Subject: Musical theatre anthology books
Date sent: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:54:09 -0800
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Just a quick note....Tyne Daly who was the most recent
Mama Rose in Gypsy (I think) is the range of the song
"Everything's coming up Roses" in the mezzo/belter
book and it's ridiculously low. I have that song in 2 other
collections and both are higher keys yet still in the mezzo
level. Just goes to show you that the key isn't always that
important. However, to transpose a drastic amount (which
I have heard done) destroys the feel of the character of the
piece. I've seen 2 versions of Crazy for You and one had
the lead female cast in a high lyric soprano while the second
one had her as a belty mezzo. I did prefer the more lyric
singer.
Just more subjective commentary..
Jacqueline