This has been written about much in opera studies with one particularly
interesting disctinction made by Carolyn Abbate vis-a-vis noumenal as
opposed to phenomenal voices. If anyone would like biblio, please contact
me.
Rose Theresa
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:02:25 +0100
Revolver Ocelot <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is not really a point about the question of singing itself, but I
> notice you refer to "singers in Cherbourg who can't know they're singing
> since there is no alternative in their world."
> Is it really necessarily true that they cannot know they are singing just
> because there is no alternative?
> An analogy might be drawn between this and breathing, for instance; i
> cannot stop breathing or i would die, yet i know now that i am breathing.
> Even living itself may be another example; i know i am alive although
>there
> is no alternative state (if we assuime death is not a state, but rather
>the
> absence of any being).
> Respectfully,
> Ocelot.
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