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Thread #138412   Message #3250137
Posted By: Jim McLean
04-Nov-11 - 06:10 AM
Thread Name: Help: Britten's The Highland Balou: Highland terms
Subject: RE: Help: Britten's The Highland Balou: Highland terms
Elliot, 'trained Scots singers' don't pronounce Scots like folk singers as in ordinary speech, more in a Bel Canto fashion. The honesty of ordinary folk singers is refreshing after years of listening to trained tenors screwing up the language.