References analysis of the Wikipedia article "Countertenor" in the English version

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G. M. Ardran; David Wulstan (January 1967). "The Alto or Countertenor Voice". Music & Letters. 48 (1): 17–22. doi:10.1093/ml/XLVIII.1.17. JSTOR 733148 agree with the view of Giles^{[incomplete short citation]} noted below; others disagree strongly – see, for example, Neal Zaslaw (November 1974). "The enigma of the Haute-Contre". The Musical Times. 115 (1581): 939–941. doi:10.2307/958179. JSTOR 958179; Cyr, Mary (April 1977). "On Performing 18th-Century Haute-Contre Roles". The Musical Times. 118 (1610): 291–295. doi:10.2307/958048. JSTOR 958048, later reproduced in Cyr, M., Essays on the Performance of Baroque Music. Opera and Chamber Music in France and England, essay no. IX, Ashgate Variorum, Aldeshot (UK)/Burlington, Vermont (USA), 2008, ISBN 978-0-7546-5926-6; Simon Ravens (February 1998). "'A Sweet Shrill Voice': The Countertenor and Vocal Scoring in Tudor England". Early Music. 26 (1): 122–134. doi:10.1093/em/26.1.122. JSTOR 3128554.

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Very dubious. According to Anthony Hicks the role was originally intended to be sung by contralto Maria Antonia Marchesini) [it], but on account of her illness it was taken at the premiere by an actor singing as a tenor, and was later always entrusted by Handel to female singers (cf. David Vickers, "Handel Saul. The Sixteen's magnificent new recording of Handel's Saul", Gramophone Archived 15 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine"; Robert Hugill, CD Review – Handel's Saul, "Planet Hugill – A world of classical music Archived 6 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine", 19 September 2012).

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"SingerList". sophia.smith.edu. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009.

"Russell Oberlin explica o que é um contratenor". YouTube. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016.

Music by various baroque composers, including George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Jean-Philippe Rameau (cf.: The Enchanted Island: The Music Archived 23 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Metropolitan Opera).

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Ravens 2014, pp. 38–44. Ravens, Simon (2014). The Supernatural Voice: A History of High Male Singing. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843839620. OCLC 967385734.

Ravens 2014, pp. 50–57. Ravens, Simon (2014). The Supernatural Voice: A History of High Male Singing. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843839620. OCLC 967385734.

Ravens 2014, pp. 71–89. Ravens, Simon (2014). The Supernatural Voice: A History of High Male Singing. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843839620. OCLC 967385734.

Ravens 2014, pp. 130–138. Ravens, Simon (2014). The Supernatural Voice: A History of High Male Singing. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843839620. OCLC 967385734.

Countertenor (English Wikipedia)

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