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 [log in to unmask]