On Thu, 10 May 2001, John Link wrote:
> Jennifer wrote:
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> >The only music I'd really hesitate to
> >transpose are opera arias.
>
> Why would you hesitate to transpose them?
No doubt because some smartass in the audience who lives, sleeps, and
breathes that particular opera will make a big issue of the fact that she
transposed it. For some reason, modern operatic convention states that it
was fine for singers in Caruso's day to transpose all over the place, but
it's considered a demonstration of musical, vocal, or ethical weakness for
singers to do the same today.
KM
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