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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
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Subject: Re: countertenor (Really Early Music)
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 15:52:44 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  3 15:52:44 1985
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> 
> Nor Andrea Von Ramm, a natural alto who trained herself to sing
> way into the baritone range.
> -- 
> ken perlow       *****   *****

Aha! A mention of one of my favorite musical people! I had the good fortune 
hear Ms. von Ramm live, when the Studio der Fruehen Musik played here
in St. Louis at Washington University, back in the 60's when I was a 
student there. I believe that the Studio had some sort of affiliation with
the University at that time. Anyway, those performances, coupled with
the discovery of other early music in the library there, inspired in me a
love for medieval and renaissance music that I have since indulged by
accumulating many records of such music. 

I have tried to collect all the records by the Studio der Fruehen Musik (we need
an ASCII umlaut!), but I haven't seen a discography anywhere. Does anyone
on the net have access to such a listing? If so, could it be posted or 
could you mail me a copy? (Or I'll pay for copying & USnail, as usual...)

More queries -- what has Andrea von Ramm done besides participate in the Studio
der Fruehen Musik? And can anyone post or email me information about this
group, including their current status (I don't even know if they still
exist) or their history (changes in membership over the years, critical
reviews and info on their development in performance styles or anything
else, etc.)?

And on early music in general: all I know about the subject is what I've 
gleaned from hundreds of record jackets. Anybody want to recommend books
or references on the subject? (I know *nothing* about music, per se, so
I'd get more out of books that didn't expect a technical musical background...)

It's interesting... I've built my classical collection by emphasizing
early music and am just starting to think about expanding into the Baroque
(to add to the usual assortment of standards and warhorses I and everyone
else already have...). Maybe, if I live to 80 or so, I'll make it up to
Romantic...

Regards, and thanks for giving me an opening to get into all this...
Will Martin

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