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Julia Werthimer <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 22:13:55 -0800
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I wrote in answer to Ron Chaplin:

>Of modern contraltos, my hunch is that Marilyn Horne probably came closest
>to the "contralto "sound, with that trumpeting quality she had.

I meant "castrato" sound, of course.

Julia Werthimer
California USA          email: [log in to unmask]

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