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From:  "Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
Date:  Tue Oct 29, 2002  7:11 pm
Subject:  Re: Are bass-baritones considered rare in terms of baritone voice category???

I've also heard people use bass-baritone and basso-cantate
interchangeably in early/sacred music circles. This usage has nothing
to with the German Fach system, I'm sure, but it seems to be the
preferred voice type for certain kinds of bass arias that really
move, like "Eilt!" from Bach's St. John's Passion.

Max van Egmond and William Parker are examples of this "cantate" type
of bass voice. I've actually seen Parker billed as a bass-baritone
before, if I'm not imagining things.

It seems to me like many company rosters pile their bass-baritones in
the "bass" column, perhaps for no other reason than it would
otherwise be a lonely column. True basses are really much rarer than
bass-baritones, however we choose to categorize them.

Tako





  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date  
20710 Re: Are bass-baritones considered rare in terms of baritone voice cathomas mark montgomery sailorbudd Wed  10/30/2002  
20714 Re: Are bass-baritones considered rare in terms of baritone voice caAnthony Howden antnee1027 Wed  10/30/2002  
20737 Re: Are bass-baritones considered rare in terms of baritone voice cachenweijie81 chenweijie81 Fri  11/1/2002  
20738 Re: Are bass-baritones considered rare in terms of baritone voice cachenweijie81 chenweijie81 Fri  11/1/2002  
20731 Re: Are bass-baritones considered rare in terms of baritone voice caTako Oda takooda Thu  10/31/2002  
20743 Re: Are bass-baritones considered rare in terms of baritone voice caDré de Man dredeman Fri  11/1/2002  
20742 Re: Are bass-baritones considered rare in terms of baritone voice cachenweijie81 chenweijie81 Fri  11/1/2002  
20747 DFD singing the evangelist in the St. John's PassionDré de Man dredeman Sun  11/3/2002  
20748 Re: DFD singing the evangelist in the St. John's PassionGreypins@a... greypins Sun  11/3/2002  

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