"Lloyd W. Hanson" wrote:
> If I am not mistaken, all of the 24 Italian Songs and Arias were
> originally written for men to sing. Even those that are clearly love
> songs to men. Women did not sing in public during the time most of
> these songs were written if my memory serves me correctly.
You think?
Handel, Monteverdi and Gluck certainly wrote for women (e.g., femmes fatales
Cleopatra,
Poppea, & Euridice). And at least one song, Paton thinks, was not "antiche"
but composed
by the original editor (Se tu m'ami, a lady's song if there ever was one).
Perhaps you're
thinking of church music?
Peggy
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Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
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