The Best Counter Tenor songs?
The Best Counter Tenor songs?
#0The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 7:46pmSo, whatcha think? What songs in the musical theatre repetoire do you think are perfect for counter tenors?
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Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#2re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/1/06 at 9:36pm
Just shouting a hello to a fellow countertenor.
Shouldn't this be OT?
Updated On: 7/1/06 at 09:36 PM
#3re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 3:14pmNo, because I am asking about musical theatre songs.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#4re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 3:17pm
And I am shouting back another "Hello" 
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#5re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 3:39pmWhat's a counter tenor? I'm guessing someone who can sing alto/soprano?
#6re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 4:45pm
RentBoy-
I would have just done copy/paste, but it's kinda long. It's interesting to read. At least I think so. Does that make me boring?
Definition of a counter tenor
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gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#7re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 5:15pmAlmost anything that Man 1 from Songs For A New World sings would be good. Or maybe Pity the Child from Chess or Lost In The Wilderness from Children of Eden.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#8re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 7:12pmI thought a counter tenor was someone who sang behind a counter at Bloomingdales.
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#9re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 7:16pm*Rimshot*
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#10re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 8:50pm
Oh okay. Thanks for the read singtopher!
That's really interesting. So I guess, JLY in Jersey Boys is a counter tenor?
I guess "Awaiting You" in Myths & Hymns is a counter tenor song. I love that song. So beautiful.
Yero
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/29/06
#11re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 8:58pmWell I don't think JLY can be considered one.. since he is using falsetto, correct?
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#12re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:18pm
Lucy's Aria in Threepenny, lol
BCR is amazing in that.
But he's singing legit male soprano, not counter.
A Little Bit Of Good is the obvious one.
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"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#13re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/3/06 at 12:13am
No, JLY is not a countertenor. He's just singing in his falsetto.
Countertenors have the tone, quality and range of an alto or soprano.
TonyaFanatic
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/04
#15re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:58amwell i dont know what the hell my nephew is...he can sing "wheels of a dream" which has that really low part in the beginning, and he can sing "awaiting you" and "king of the world" with just as much ease. what would that make him?
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Marine38
Swing Joined: 7/12/21
#16re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/12/21 at 10:15pm
RENT BOY 86 The short answer would be that a countertenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C4 to C6. Countertenors often are baritones or tenors at the core, but only on rare occasions, they use their lower vocal range, instead preferring their falsetto or high head voice.
Updated On: 7/12/21 at 10:15 PM
#17re: The Best Counter Tenor songs?
Posted: 7/13/21 at 2:10pmi hope rentboy86 enjoys his answer after waiting 15 whole years to receive it!
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