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From:  Naomi Gurt Lind <omigurt@m...>
Naomi Gurt Lind <omigurt@m...>
Date:  Sat Mar 31, 2001  5:17 pm
Subject:  maligning the reputations of various voice types -- I'm shocked, shocked! ; )


The illustrious Karen Mercedes wrote:

>I thought the reason so many composers wrote for soprano is that sopranos
>slept around more with composers than mezzos did. Mezzos were smarter,
>and slept with the impresarios who had the money.

Fat lot of good it seems to have done them in terms of (excerptable)
repertoire...

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