Word: counter-tenor
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Alfred Deller, Counter-tenor, sings these works now usually sung by contraltos, but in Bach's day by boys. Deller has an amazingly pure voice, much like a child's in quality yet capable of handling the difficult Bach vocal line. He is accompanied by a small Baroque orchestra, and the combination is probably quite close to the music's original sound. The recording is difficult to appreciate on the first hearing, but the result is a wonderful kind of impersonal exaltation. (Bach Guild...
...sixth in the series of public organ recitals for the season 1920-21 will be given in Appleton Chapel tomorrow afternoon, April 26, at 5 o'clock. The program will be presented by Mr. Arthur M. Phelps, Organist, assisted by Mr. Frank A. Bagdasarian, Counter-Tenor, of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston. Selections from Dvorak, Bach, Franck and Mendelssohn will make up the program...