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| | Countertenor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Countertenors remained in the niche of sacred vocal music, in part because women were banned from singing in church services. | | | The most visible icon of the countertenor revival was Alfred Deller, an English singer and champion of authentic early music performance. | | | As a result, the countertenor voice was found only in cathedral choirs and the occasional early music ensemble for a few centuries. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countertenor
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| | Talk:Countertenor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A Countertenor trains himself to use all the muscles of the vocal cords, and the whole vocal mechanism (ie breathing and vocal suspensory mechanism - the muscles that lengthen the cords-) to give himself a rich sound and variety of timbre (a falsettist has less choices of colour or timbre). | | | Since countertenor is not a word often used in popular music, and since it is used often in classical music, it seems surprising if not completely misleading to have so many references to pop in the leading paragraphs. | | | Indeed, untrained countertenors bear no comparison with those who produce the classic, edgy sound; but to use a separate term for them is as questionable as using a term such as "guitar player" to differentiate an amateur guitarist from a professional "guitarist". |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Countertenor
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| | Boston.com / A&E / Music / Broadening his appeal, a countertenor reaches a new high |
| | Fifty years ago, the countertenor voice was an exotic sound rarely heard outside of English choirs and the musical literature of madrigals and lute songs. | | | Daniels has succeeded in reaching a wider audience than any previous countertenor, not just because of the variety of music he sings but because of the startling size and beauty of his voice and the emotional urgency of his communication. | | | The dean of the music school allowed Daniels to postpone his degree recital and sing it as a countertenor. |
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http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2003/08/17/broadening_his_appeal_a_countertenor_reaches_a_new_high
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| | The range for a countertenor is generally that of a lyric soprano, or bottom ‘A’ in the treble clef, to perhaps the ‘C’ above the staff. | | | Many of the great Handel parts, originally written for castrati, and which contain cascades of coloratura vocalism, can be sung by countertenors, which offers a wide range of vocal expressions to the four gentlemen profiled here: from tender cantabile singing, to exultant fioratura. | | | Roles in which a Countertenor might be expected to excel are: |
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http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/mdelos/COUNTERTENORDEF.htm
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| | An Introduction to Singing Technique and a Short History of the Countertenor |
| | A singer should not be listening to her or his voice so much as to focussing their sense of heightened awareness of what is to be expressed through the music. | | | What is so remarkable about the countertenor voice is that, with all of these differences, the goals of making beautiful sounds and music remain at the heart of the creative process. | | | Countertenors Daniel Taylor and Brian Asawa will perform a run of Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. |
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http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm7-7/intro.html
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| | Countertenor David Daniels, Opera Singer and Musician |
| | Superstar countertenor David Daniels heads to Chicago for role début in title part of Lyric Opera’s Orfeo ed Euridice, and to Munich in May for Orlando. | | | Countertenor David Daniels and soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian team as Gluck’s ill-fated lovers in Lyric Opera of Chicago's Orfeo ed Euridice. | | | The Chicago Tribune has called Daniels “today’s gold standard among countertenors.” The Gramophone magazine recently acknowledged his contribution to recorded excellence as well as his expansion of the repertoire for his voice type by naming him one of the “Top Ten Trailblazers” in classical music today. |
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http://www.danielssings.com
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| | Countertenor Jokes |
| | where a countertenor writes the lyrics in case he goes blank in the middle of the song | | | of countertenor in the studio, recording the new CD Counterproposal | | | to come back to the mundane banality of earthly existence after listening to the aetherial tones of a countertenor |
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http://www.andreasschollsociety.org/Dictionary.htm
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| | FanFaire interviews David Walker, countertenor |
| | DW: The word countertenor originates from early stages of harmonic music, more specifically at the time of organum (1). | | | At this time in music, there was a tenor line which held the melody, and one or two voices which sang in harmony. | | | DW: Contemporary composers are writing music for the countertenor voice. |
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http://www.ffaire.com/countertenor/dwinterview.html
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| | JS Online: Countertenor Daniels' rich voice keeps baroque style in fashion |
| | They make it sound as though that was the first time I had sung a note as a countertenor. | | | He's in tremendous demand on the opera and concert stages, and has three solo CDs to his credit. | | | When Daniels performs Tuesday at the Artist Series at the Pabst concert, he'll sing music by Bach and Handel. |
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http://www.jsonline.com/enter/performingarts/mar01/daniels19031601.asp?format=print
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| | Review: House of Lights (11/19/97) |
| | The countertenor is indisputably the most misunderstood vocal type. | | | Both have more heft to their voices than is usual, and both sing 19th- and 20th-century music. | | | In the 1950s, Alfred Deller resurrected the music for countertenor, and with such exponents as Drew Minter and Rene Jacobs, the vocal type really hasn't faded. |
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http://www.metrotimes.com/music/rr/18/11/rr18_11asawa.html
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| | Scholl continues countertenor wave |
| | His clear, bright countertenor has a boyish freshness that matched the animation he brought to the songs and two cantatas. | | | A few weeks ago, the relatively unknown Canadian countertenor Daniel Taylor dazzled Music of the Baroque audiences with a performance that alternately raged at heaven and gently probed the heart. | | | Leaning forward as if to whisper in our ear, raising an eyebrow, gesturing dismissively at a fair maiden's scruples, he was an irresistible storyteller. |
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/delacoma/cst-ftr-scholl27.html
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| | The (Un)official Countertenor Homepage |
| | A countertenor in the King's Singers, Short can also be heard as a soloist on a disc of Danyel songs and on several of Purcell's Complete Odes and Welcome Songs (Hyperion). | | | His group "Lionheart" has recorded a CD of early English music for Nimbus Records. | | | As a teacher, Minter has worked with the Manhattan School of Music and is currently on the faculty of Mannes College of Music. |
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http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/performers/countertenors.html
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| | Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore / Motets |
| | Allein Gott in des Hoh sei Ehr à 12 (choir I: countertenor, 3 sackbuts, organ; countertenor, violin, 2 bass viols, chitarrone; choir III: countertenor, 3 crumhorns, regal) | | | Erhalt uns, Herr bei deinem Wort à 17 (choir I: trebles, countertenor, baritone, cornett, 2 sackbuts; choir II: countertenor, tenor, bass, 2 violins, 2 bass viols; choir III: trebles, tenor, alto recorder, 3 crumhorns, bass curtal; choir IV: countertenor, 3 sackbuts; continuo: organ, chitarrone, serpent) | | | Gott des Vater wohn uns bei à 8 (choir I: trebles I and II, countertenor, baritone, 4 recorders, chitarrone; choir II: countertenor, 2 tenors, bass, 2 violins, 2 bass viols, violone, harpsichord |
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http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/cds/vir61289.htm
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| | Richard Jose: The Great American Countertenor |
| | His recordings sold extremely well (he made records for the Victor Talking Machine Company only), he was popular on stage, and his image appeared on the covers of popular sheet music. | | | Literature for Oakland's "Dear Old Girl," which was issued in 1913 as Edison Record No. 2075, states, "Richard Jose, the phenomenal contra- tenor, was the first to feature the song, and from its first performance it was a decided success." This is a rare instance of one company referring to another company's exclusive artist. | | | Deller was interested in a different type of music and may have never heard Jose's records, which would have been rare in England. |
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http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/dickjose.htm
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| | NPR: Performance Today -- Live in Studio 4A -- David Daniels & Craig Ogden |
| | American countertenor David Daniels breaks barriers for his voice part in his new CD, A Quiet Thing, that features tunes ranging from the 17th-century lute song to the 20th-century American musical. | | | In an interview with NPR's Lisa Simeone, Daniels reveals that he wants to defeat the mindset that pigeon-holes countertenors into singing repertoire that they're "suppose to sing." Daniels hopes to redefine the countertenor as simply a voice type, like soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and nothing more. | | | Our showcase for artists invited to perform on the program and talk about their music |
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http://www.npr.org/programs/pt/4a/daniels.html
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| | High Notes of the Countertenor Reformation |
| | Admittedly, it was jarring to see a man singing the feminine intricacies of "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" or to hear the baritonal "Nacht und Traeume" in the mezzo-soprano range. | | | About ten years ago I was a judge at a European vocal competition in which the candidates included sopranos and mezzo-sopranos, a few tenors, and more than a few baritones and bass-baritones. | | | On the one hand, he struts his stuff with aplomb as Farnace, opposite Cecilia Bartoli, on Christophe Rousset's new recording of Mozart's Mitridate (Decca). |
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http://www.radix.net/~dalila/singers/CT/counter-reform.html
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| | Amazon.com: Cantatas for Solo Countertenor: Music: Bruno Cocset,Giovanni Bononcini,Antonio Caldara,George Frideric ... |
| | His sound is unique yet still beautiful in that he is keen to preserve the music in its intended context. | | | This recording is an amazing find for those who can't get enough of the countertenor sound, and can't find many recordings of Caldara, and Bonocini. | | | The cantatas presented here are well arranged so that there is considerable contrast in style and tempo from one piece to the next, assuring that the listener never feels a sense of monotony. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000090WCA?v=glance
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| | Moses Hogan Chorale and Countertenor Derek Lee Ragin (Saint Paul Sunday) |
| | Audiences have thrilled to the partnership's concerts in both Europe and the United States, and critics have praised it for its deft integration of musical styles. | | | Ragin left piano behind after college when he discovered his extraordinary vocal gifts and has since distinguished himself as one of the world's finest countertenors, a rare honor in the already rarefied world of classical singing. | | | Ragin will explore some wonderful new musical territory. |
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http://saintpaulsunday.publicradio.org/features/9709_ragin/ragin.shtml
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| | Male Altos (and Sopranos) |
| | Countertenors are the ones who are noteworthy for their inability to sound anything like castrati. | | | An Introduction to Singing Technique and a Short History of the Countertenor (by Daniel Taylor) | | | "A Sweet Shrill Voice": The Countertenor and Vocal Scoring in Tudor England |
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http://www.radix.net/~dalila/singers/counter.html#castrati
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| | countertenor -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Cantilena style is characterized by a predominant vocal top line supported by less complex and usually instrumental tenor and countertenor lines; it occurred both in... | | | (from Old English gléo: “music” or “entertainment”), vocal composition for three or more unaccompanied solo male voices, including a countertenor. | | | The word alto originally referred to the highest male voice, singing falsetto (see countertenor). |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9026571
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| | ArkivMusic German 17th-century Church Music / Robin Blaze, Et Al |
| | Except for the very charming instrumental sonatas, the focus of the music is on the expressive capacity of the countertenor voice, the character and quality of the melodic writing, and the manner in which the voice is complemented by the various accompaniments--strings, theorbo, spinet, and chamber organ. | | | There probably are snazzier titles for a CD featuring one of the world's most exciting young countertenors and rare sacred repertoire by both big names (Buxtehude, Schütz, Rosenmüller) and unknowns (Christian Geist, Christoph Bernhard, Melchior Hofmann). | | | Of course, the main attraction here is countertenor Robin Blaze, whose clear, well-focused, agile instrument easily and artfully spins these unassuming yet pleasing melodies into golden musical threads. |
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http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=43901
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| | The Countertenor - CBS News |
| | One of the biggest stories in opera today, reports 60 Minutes II correspondent Bob Simon, is the new breed of high-voiced men who are creating a new sound and shaking things up. | | | With nothing left to lose, he turned off the TV and started making countertenor sounds. | | | Now in this increasingly androgynous age comes the countertenor, a man who can hit the notes we're used to hearing from the likes of Maria Callas. |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29/60II/main326031.shtml
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| | A countertenor virtuoso |
| | Blaze went on to win a music scholarship to Uppingham, in England's smallest county, Rutland, playing flute and piano as well as singing. | | | After singing treble I'd gone back into the choir to sing tenor for a bit -- a kind of very, very mediocre tenor -- and Andrew and I would meet up to run through songs. | | | I felt incredibly lucky -- to find myself learning from the countertenor who sang with Deller on that famous "Sound the Trumpet" recording. |
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http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2001/12/leeds3.htm
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| | deseretnews.com Countertenor finds his own voice |
| | I'm also doing two Handel arias, and I'm singing some Purcell, which are both what people expect a countertenor to sing. | | | I went to college as a tenor, because that's what you did, but I just struggled horribly trying to sing a voice type that just didn't feel natural to me." | | | His most recent CD, Berlioz's "Les Nuits d'ete," has garnered him the nomination for Gramophone's 2004 "Artist of the Year." And he was named by Gramophone magazine as one of the "Top Ten Trailblazers" in classical music. |
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600107912,00.html
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| | deseretnews.com Countertenor's voice a sumptuous treat |
| | While it's exceptional to hear a countertenor perform in concert, Daniels' voice is much more than a novelty. | | | But marry that with Daniels' natural, expressive delivery, and it's a concert made in heaven. | | | (A countertenor has a high range more akin to an alto/mezzo-soprano than a traditional tenor.) Sumptuous, warm, clear, and soft in texture (although not necessarily in volume), Daniels' voice is an unusual beauty and welcome pleasure. |
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600110345,00.html
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| | Amazon.com: Countertenor Duets by Purcell and Blow: Music: John Blow,Henry Purcell,Robert King,James Bowman,King's ... |
| | Michael Chance is the most secure of the countertenors I've heard and the most overall musical. | | | Amazon.com: Countertenor Duets by Purcell and Blow: Music: John Blow,Henry Purcell,Robert King,James Bowman,King's Consort,Michael Chance | | | James Bowman and Michael Chance are in superb voice in this wonderful array of duets, and the sum of their two voices is even greater than the two constituent parts. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002ZJW?v=glance
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| | Seattle Early Music Performers - Vocal |
| | Brian Cummings, countertenor, studied early music at Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, where his principal teachers were Paul Elliott, Paul Hillier, and Nigel North. | | | He has sung the role of the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and in Handel’s Messiah at Indiana University. | | | Click on the name of the performer to see a detailed description, or scroll down to view all descriptions. |
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http://www.earlymusicguild.org/emg/Perf.vocal.html
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| | Terrance L. Barber, Jr. - Countertenor |
| | “...a wonderful countertenor voice with an extended upper register that allows him to sing in the soprano register, a good bit higher than most countertenors can manage. | | | He is a thoughtful and analytical musician, which together with the vocal quality I describe, must be a winning combination.” | | | “He has a free and beautiful countertenor voice with a spinning sound and a joyous quality which travels very well, and which finds high notes completely comfortable. |
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http://www.artistsinternational.com/terrance.htm
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| | Tako Oda, the New Music Countertenor and Extended Voice Specialist |
| | Tako Oda, the New Music Countertenor and Extended Voice Specialist | | | Please visit my audio clips page and my performance history. | | | His voice and compositions have been heard in a variety of contexts such as dance, opera, the internet, concerts, poetry readings, installations and science exhibits. |
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http://people.mills.edu/toda/singer.html
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| | Daniels charming, seductive / Delightful debut by countertenor |
| | Instead, he made a powerful case for establishing countertenor singing as a part of the musical mainstream. | | | Like all of his fellow countertenors, David Daniels devotes most of his attention to the music of the Baroque. | | | But one mark of his greatness as an artist is the way in which he has colonized the rest of the vocal repertoire. |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/06/01/DD54077.DTL
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| | David Walker: Countertenor, 1999 ARIA winner |
| | In the spring of 1998, David Walker performed the role of Alessandro in Handel's Tolomeo with the Göttingen Handel Festival under the baton of Nicholas McGegan. | | | Today the countertenor has found his place in oratorio, orchestral works and opera, reclaiming for the male voice some of the"trouser roles" that after Mozart's time (and the end of the era of castrati* singers) came to be sung by the (female) mezzo-soprano. | | | It has made a comeback in recent years, concurrent with the new-found fervor for early music - usually taken to be synonymous with the works of Monteverdi (the father of opera), Gluck, Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mozart, to name the most famous. |
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http://www.ffaire.com/aria/walker.html
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| | Mark Crayton |
| | Countertenor Mark Crayton coped well with the piece’s low-lying alto lines, his pure rounded upper register and baritonal low notes made to sound all of a piece | | | Crayton’s bright, crisp sound made him an ideal as an ill-mannered satyr | | | The second movement is led by the soloist, who in this case was the amazing countertenor Mark Crayton. |
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http://markcrayton.com
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| | countertenor |
| | For information on types of music see such articles as absolute music; aleatory music;... | | | Hitting the high notes.(Spring Music)(countertenor Brian Asawa is not unique in his profession)(Brief Article) | | | Interview: David Daniels discusses his unusual countertenor voice |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0813788.html
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| | Countertenor 2 |
| | He has appeared regularly as a soloist with choirs and choral societies. | | | Ken Stiles is an experienced Countertenor living near the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire (UK). |
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http://members.fortunecity.com/ukcountertenor/countertenor/id1.html
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| | Countertenor Index Page |
| | The other easy answer - listen to someone listed in the | | | Still, the definition I prefer is that a countertenor is a man who uses either falsetto or, rarely, a naturally light and heady tenor voice to sing in the alto range. | | | But, since I attempt (with some small success) to do the falsetto stuff myself, as part of this choir and elsewhere, I'm going to concentrate on that. |
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| | NPR : Teen Countertenor Left Out of Texas Contest |
| | Rawls has been petitioning the Texas Music Educators Association to let him audition for the All-State choir competition as a soprano, a voice part the association says is reserved for girls. | | | All Things Considered, June 20, 2005 · Robert Siegel talks with Mikhael Rawls, a seventeen-year-old with an unusually high singing voice, called a countertenor. | | | A Taste of Mardi Gras: The Return of the King Cake |
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4711549&sourceCode=RSS
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| | Matthew Reeve - Countertenor :: Matthew Reeve - Countertenor |
| | After graduating in July 2003, Matthew joined Truro Cathedral Choir as an Alto Choral Scholar for a year, with whom he has broadcast, recorded and toured. | | | Matthew began his musical career at the age of eight as a chorister at St. Alphege Parish Church, Solihull, where he sang regularly until leaving for university. | | | Matthew read Computer Science at the University of Southampton, where he was very heavily involved with the university’s Chamber Choir and Light Opera Society. |
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http://www.matthewreeve.co.uk
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| | Recital features countertenor works |
| | He will also perform a work by contemporary composer Jake Heggie for countertenor and piano. | | | Hemann will be accompanied by Elizabeth Harcombe, harpsichord, Polly Gibson, Viola da Gamba, Jessie Knowles, piano, Ashley Smith, harp, Lynelle Tarter, soprano, and Clay Erickson, lute. | | | Hemann, a countertenor, will include works by Henry Purcell, William Lawes, Phillip Rosseter, Frescobaldi and Scarlatti in the recital. |
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| | David Walker, countertenor |
| | Walker as "a poised and cultivated artist" whose voice has "a bright, clear sound, sure technical agility, and musical sophistication." | | | David Walker's highly acclaimed performance of Nero in The Coronation of Poppea at English National Opera led the London Times to exclaim that David Walker "has now joined the rank of top flight countertenors." Following his New York City Opera debut as Arsace in Partenope, The New York Times praised Mr. | | | His honors include a 1999 ARIA (Awards Recognizing Individual Artistry) award, winning the 1998 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a 1998 Sullivan Foundation Career Grant, and first place in the 1997 Florida Grand Opera Competition. |
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| | Early Music Vocal Ensembles -- Treble/Countertenor |
| | Members: Drew Minter (countertenor), David Douglass (violin), Mary Springfels, Director (viola da gamba) | | | Les Pages de la chapelle (Olivier Schneebeli, Maîtrise du centre de musique baroque de Versailles) |
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| | I am currently an amateur bass singer with a limited vocal range. | | | My friend who is a professional singer has encouraged me to think about trying countertenor as I have quite a good falsetto voice. | | | I hope you will use the links above to view all the available pages. |
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| | Andrew Radley countertenor |
| | In addition to a busy solo recital schedule, Andrew Radley | | | "Countertenor Andrew Radley has a strong stage presence and his Tamerlano rightly often dominated the stage. | | | "Rachel Nicholls enthralled [...], balancing her loving duets with the countertenor Andrew Radley's creamy, well-phrased Joachim." |
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| | Amazon.com: René Jacobs, countertenor: Music: Wieland Kuijken,Anonymous,Johann Sebastian Bach,Benigne de ... |
| | Amazon.com: René Jacobs, countertenor: Music: Wieland Kuijken,Anonymous,Johann Sebastian Bach,Benigne de Bacilly,Gabriel Bataille,Antoine Boesset,Ercole Bottrigari,Giulio Caccini,Francois Couperin,Joachim Thibault de Courville,Honore D'Ambruys,DuBuisson,Benedetto Ferrari,Denis Gaultier,Pierre Guedron,Andreas Hammerschmidt,Robert (ii) Johnson,Johann Philipp Krieger,Michel de LaBarre,Michel Lambert,Didier LeBlanc,Pietro Paolo Melli,Claudio Monteverdi,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Giovanni Pergolesi,Henry Purcell,Johann Hermann Schein,Agostino Steffani,Sylvius Leopold Weiss,Rene Jacobs,Concerto Vocale,Konrad Junghanel,Dirk Verelst,Mihoko Kimura | | | This item is not eligible for Amazon Prime, but over a million other items are. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IACU?v=glance
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