Howard,
You seem not to have read the mailings (yet again) and have therefore
missed the entire point. As David Hill points out (have you bothered
to read his paper?) the voice generally expected when the songs were
composed was soprano/tenor. As he says, the male alto, to take D
>>I'm afraid I'm going to mention the dreaded 'e' word again: what
evidence have you that the male alto ('countertenor') voice was used
historically to perform lute songs?
Aw come on Martyn! You'll be telling us next that lute players didn't
wear jester outfits or sing 'Hey N
On 1 December 2011 11:51, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
> I'm afraid I'm going to mention the dreaded 'e' word again: what evidence
> have you that the male alto ('countertenor') voice was used historically to
> perform lute songs?
Oh dear, caught by the Early Music Police! And there was I thinking I
