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From:  velluti@c...
velluti@c...
Date:  Wed Mar 21, 2001  8:00 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Comparative size of castrati and countertenor voices WAS: Choi.


> it is the first time I can remember hearing Moreschi
I am not a musician, but I use the table of vocal ranges provided by Franz
Haboeck in his "Die
Kastraten und ihre Gesangskunst", which was rearranged in a more acceptable
form by some
early music experts, and they have allowed me to use their "design"; however,
without going
into all that, Moreschi's highest note was the B natural below the soprano high
C. You can
hear this in his Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria". Forgive me for not using your
terminology.

Elsa
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