ABSTRACT
Along time ago, when I was rst confronted with a high male voice-a countertenor, probably Alfred Deller-I did not recognize it as a man’s voice. As far as I knew, vocal tones above a certain frequency were women’s voices. ere were basses and tenors and these were men. Women, and children, were altos and sopranos. When I heard the countertenor, or male alto, I was at a loss. Gender confusion tends to make one nervous.
