Posted on 04/09/2012 12:02:56 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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Little league pitchers are limited in the number of times they can pitch in a week and the number of pitches they can throw in any particlar game. That's to protect their fragile arms.
I suspect the voice boxes of these children are being overused and stressed beyond the natural ability of these kids to "grow into" their deeper voices as they age......
Is Pedobear for or against Pedobaptism?
I was thinking the same thing.
I am a voice teacher, and I enjoy teaching ALL ages to sing.When a boy knows good technique and theory, and knows HOW to sing, puberty is not so traumatic. Once the new voice “settles in”, the boy is already educated as to how to use it.
However, the repertoire spoken of here is a completely different matter. My students all want to be Rock Stars! LOL!
Haydn worked as a singer in Vienna in his teen years. Apparently those in charge did not feed him well. When he was about 17, the empress complained about his singing, and he was dismissed.
However, he received musical training there, and if he had stayed, he might not have developed his abilities. In some cases, necessity is the mother of musical invention (Not comparing Haydn to that musical group though).
If the choir director shows up with a sharp knife, RUN!
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You beat me to it.
For anyone wanting to hear a castrato in action, here ya go:
http://archive.org/details/AlessandroMoreschi
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