A previous voice teacher of mine has the theory that the soprano solo in
this section was Beethoven's revenge against the Soprano who gave him
syphillis! LOL!
Pat Smith
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:47:14 -0700 (PDT) Tako Oda <toda@m...>
writes:
>
> Don't despair! The 9th has *hellish* writing for all parts. I don't
> know
> anyone who thinks the choral parts are easy. Many composers think
> "Oh,
> sopranos can sing A5, so I will write a page of A5s!" I have a high
> voice
> too, but find unflatteringly written parts difficult, even if they
> are in
> my middle range.
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