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    Tim Braithwaite

    John Crompton on Suitable Voices for the Countertenor Part (1778)

    ‘Suitable voices for the middle, or counter part are rather difficult to find; but let no-one, for that reason, attempt it with a feigned...

    Tim Braithwaite

    Michael Praetorius on the Requirements of a Singer and Expected Vocal Ranges

    ‘Firstly, a singer must have a voice by nature, in which three requirements and three flaws are to be noted. The requirements are these:...

    Tim Braithwaite

    Luigi Zenobi on the Role of the Inner Voices in Polyphonic Singing (c.1600)

    Since we’ve already seen Zenobi’s comments on the requirements for a soprano (https://www.cacophonyhistoricalsinging.com/post/luigi-zenob...

    Tim Braithwaite

    Thomas Coryat on Choral Performance Practice and a ‘supernaturall voice’ in Venice (1611)

    ‘Sometimes there sung sixeteene or twenty men together, having their master or moderator to keepe them in order ; and when they sung...

    Tim Braithwaite

    Charles Burney's Comments on a 'Bellowing' 'Coutertenor' in Paris on Thursday, 14th of June (1770)

    ‘At five o’clock I went to the Concert Spirituel, the only public amusement allowed on these great festivals. It is a grand concert...

     

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