Steve Schwartz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Dave Pitzer replies to me:
>
>>It also occurs to me to ask:"Why would adults want to attempt to imitate
>>that "sound" in the first place?"
>
>Because it sounds good and/or proper to them that way.  I had a theory
>professor from New Zealand who remarked, rather smugly, to the class, "*We*
>don't let our sopranos wobble."

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.

Deryk Barker
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