Vienna Boys Choir and Castrato (Essay)
Wild rose (composed by Werner)
When it comes to the song "Wild Rose", whether it is Schubert's or Werner's, the Vienna Boys' Choir sings the best. I did some research around the choir.
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The Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben) was a boys' choir founded in 1498 by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I as the Court Chapel Boys' Choir. It is based on the Wilten Boys Choir of Innsbruck, whose members were brought to Vienna by Emperor Maximilian I when he founded the New Court Chapel Boys Choir in Vienna.
The number of members is about 100. The orchestra members were divided into four groups of about 25 people each named after the orchestra and composers associated with Vienna: "Mozart", "Schubert", "Haydn" and "Bruckner". goes on a concert tour for 11 weeks a year, and one group performs about 80 performances in various parts of the world. One of the groups always goes on a concert tour, so three groups remain at school and take classes. One of these three groups is supposed to sing at Mass every Sunday in the Royal Chapel. Three groups will sing in turn every week, so one group will sing in the Royal Chapel every three weeks.
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Excerpt from Wiki "Vienna Boys Choir"
It's a group with a long history. Founded in 1498, it was a little earlier than Luther's Reformation (1517). (It is said that even before the birth of Christianity, even under Judaism, boys were hunted out to sing hymns.) , there was something that could not be replaced, whether it was a countertenor or a sopranist. Here, in the case of the Vienna Boys Choir, the voice quality is called boy soprano and boy alto.
"Therefore, a forbidden move was used." It is to castrate the boys before they reach the stage of dysphonia and to keep the quality of their voices in the state before the dysphonia. A person who has undergone this procedure is called a "castrato" in English. verb castrate: to castrate
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By castrating males, it suppresses the secretion of male hormones, artificially hinders the remarkable growth of the vocal cords during the male secondary sexual characteristics period, eliminates the dysphonia (so-called "voice change"), and improves the voice quality of boy soprano. An attempt to keep the range as long as possible. On the other hand, since growth hormone is secreted, the height and ribcage grow as normal, and the growth of the skeleton, including the ribcage, and lung capacity is almost the same as that of adult men, and the tone of voice and the sustaining power of singing voice are not different from those of minors. It is said that it cannot be reproduced by female singers. Their voices were said to be sweet, wild and yet very sensual.
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From Wiki (castrato)
It seems that the castrato singing voice could not be replaced by any other vocal parts. But, as expected, this inhumane custom was banned by the Pope, and it seems that it was abolished. "Falsetto" here means falsetto. I don't want to hear "artificial" voices that have undergone this kind of treatment, no matter how difficult it is to obtain. I feel sorry for these boys.
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A Mother's tears.
In realms above, a mother sighed,Her two sons face the world, and tried,
Through trials hard, and grand plans drawn, they hope to reach a brighter dawn.
With worried love, she'll watch them soar, praying they return home once more.
Art by @glowbat
Happy late mother's day
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I saw a photo post with bears in it and immediatly went ":0 clef" and that's bc of you. actually with that one post where. the. with the bears and clef
Epic bear clef win!
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Now that you've mentioned frat boy childe, all I can think about is him goading the reader into drinking more than they can handle and fucking their barely conscious body 😌
THIS IS REAL!! his drink of choice is straight vodka and consequently his tolerance his high as shit... my brain is rotting out of my skull uuoowwhh small blurb btc
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the night ends with Ajax in between your thighs moving at an inconsistent pace that you'd never notice with the alcohol flowing through you. you felt like your head was full of water and your limbs were made of lead. everything was so very distant and so very heavy. what was up or down no longer made sense to you. all you knew was the ginger man fucking himself into your drooling cunt with a lopsided grin on his face. he seemed rather proud of himself and all the effort he went through to get you in this position. he had practically hand fed you drinks all night and kept himself glued to your body. he had been rather handsy all day so you shouldn't be shocked that this is what he wanted after all. Ajax knew how to get what he wanted and it seemed like your pussy was his end goal. once finished he had the mind to throw his varsity jacket over your form before taking you back to his place for the real pounding he knew you needed.
but, who doesn't get fucked unconcious at parties? you wouldn’t want to be left out!
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