In Reply to: "Splitting hairs"? No. There were real women singing in those days... posted by clarkjohnsen on May 23, 2007 at 08:08:34:
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!
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- RE: "Splitting hairs"? No. There were real women singing in those days... - DWPC 10:37:57 05/23/07 (2)
- "You injected performers into the mix." Well EXCUSE ME! You said, "musical careers". - clarkjohnsen 11:04:49 05/24/07 (1)
- Implied...the character was a would-be composer nt - DWPC 13:41:07 05/24/07 (0)