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"Splitting hairs"? No. There were real women singing in those days...

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clarkjohnsen

In Reply to: RE: "The absoluteness of the barriers to a gifted woman seeking a musical career in Beethoven's Vienna." Hmm... posted by DWPC on May 22, 2007 at 15:02:17

...not castratos (which were pretty well out of favor by Beethoven's time, and Mozart's) or hapless boys forced to dress up as girls. Additionally, women widely played the piano and participated in chamber music.

Just to set the record straight, OK?

clark

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RE: "Splitting hairs"? No. There were real women singing in those days... - DWPC 10:37:57 05/23/07 (2)
The movie character was a budding female composer. You injected performers into the mix. I still hold that a 20-something woman would have zero chance of an orchestral composing career in Beethoven's day. Of course there were female performers. Not to be overly harsh, but performers were (and are) a dime a dozen and generally on the social strata of domestic staff.

The last castrato died in the 20th Century and was even recorded. No, not Tiny Tim!
- "You injected performers into the mix." Well EXCUSE ME! You said, "musical careers". - clarkjohnsen 11:04:49 05/24/07 (1)
  How was one to know, you excluded performers?
  
  clark
  - Implied...the character was a would-be composer nt - DWPC 13:41:07 05/24/07 (0)
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