Kevin Sutton ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Deryk Barker wrote:
>
>>Well, the English (it's really not British) Cathedral sound is part of an
>>unbroken vocal tradition that goes back something like 5 centuries and is
>>AFAIK unique.  Worth preserving, perhaps.
>
>Indeed it is Deryk, but I think it should be preserved by boys and not
>women.

Sorry, that was a given (I thought).

>I used to think otherwise until I started singing in a wonderful
>men and boys choir here in Dallas associated with a fine private all male
>school.  The sound of boys voices suits the English Cathedral repertoire
>so well because the composers wrote it with these forces in mind.

Precisely.  In fact *all* English cathedral performances of (say) Byrd or
Tallis are HIP...

Deryk Barker
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