Prisoner 24601
Prisoner 24601
#1Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/7/13 at 6:02pmI'm not a singer,so was wondering about the number 24601--is ONE the easiest number to sing those high notes-and is that why it was chosen? and if so,what would be the hardest number to sing?
#2Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/7/13 at 6:10pmThose numbers were chosen because Victor Hugo chose them.
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#4Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/7/13 at 7:16pm
Yeah, that number is from the book. Valjean also had another number, 9430, assigned to him after he was rearrested and sent back to prison by Javert following Fantine's death (he doesn't get away as in the show). While in prison he saves another prisoner from drowning, then disappears in the water himself. Everyone assumes he's dead, but he actually escapes and that's when he goes to get Cosette.
Updated On: 1/7/13 at 07:16 PM
#5Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/7/13 at 9:21pmI always thought Amonate, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Tazewell County, near the West Virginia border, population 172, should have a Les Mis festival. Why Amonate? Its zip code is 24601.
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#6Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/7/13 at 10:10pm
I saw the Mogador revival in French in Paris -- Valjean sang "2-4-6-0-1" as "deux-quatre-six-zero-un" 
#7Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/7/13 at 10:36pm
I have absolutely no idea what you have posted 'wickedrocks'or what that means--troll??
I should have realised that that was the number written in the book and not changed specifically so it was an easier number to sing.
I thank those that gave a supportive response.
#8Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/7/13 at 10:49pmIt's true that the number wasn't chosen by the composer, but he did choose to use it on the score. He may have not done so if it was a 'hard number to sing'.
#9Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/7/13 at 11:19pm@sergio_27 Yeah just like "I came from the People...He supports you, for he loves your..." and many other phrases written by composers were done because they weren't hard to sing.
#10Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/7/13 at 11:35pmI'm always amused by the thought "What if it was a different number than one?" which lends itself to a nice wide open vowel sound. Imagine Colm Wilkinson belting out, "Two-Four-Six-Oh-Threeeeee!"
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#12Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/8/13 at 11:02amWay back when Les Miserables opened on Broadway, I brought my family who absolutely ate it up. For Christmas that year my father (RIP) gave me a black shirt with 24601 embroidered on the front. Nice memory...
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#14Prisoner 24601
Posted: 1/8/13 at 11:46amWell, if you had a mouthful of Quiche I bet every number would be hard to sing.
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