In a message dated 12/7/00 9:53:47 AM Central Standard Time, RALUCOB@a... writes:
> . > > you all know that, with five exceptions, i think the sound operatic > females sing in sounds ridiculous. men speak in chest and sing in chest > as > their base. women speak in chest and then sing in 'head' or 'falsetto' > (as > randy believes and i agree). whose idea WAS this? did this come from > women imitating men singing travesty roles? (i am not being tongue up > cheek > here. i really think this.) > >
I've suspected this also. It was a way for men to impose their ideas of what femininity should be upon the female voice.
Randy Buescher
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