Summertime is in fact in b minor, and the range goes up to high b, almost 2
octaves above middle c. At no time does it go to chest register. The lowest note
is f# above middle c.
Susan Schneider
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From: John Link
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: [vocalist] Barbara Hendricks sings Gershwin
Lloyd Hanson wrote:
>If memory serves me correctly the original score for "Summertime" is
>in B minor
I think you're right about that.
> and was intended for a high soprano.
If that's correct, then maybe Gershwin wouldn't be rolling in his
grave quite as mcuh as I would have thought. In B minor, if a woman
were to sing Summertime from F# below middle C to F# above and I
think it might sound very soulful, certainly more so than it would an
octave higher.
> Hendricks used to be a high soprano. Has she changed her vocal range?
I don't know whether she has changed her range, but she sure sang
high on every song and she was very soprano-y (i.e., head voice) in a
way that I found ridiculous.
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