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	Moreschi - The Last Castrato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Alessandro Moreschi, Chorus of the Sistine Chapel, Chorus of Roman Choristers
		Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922) entered the Sistine Chapel in 1883 and became conductor of the Choir in 1898.
		Moreschi was as far from Farinelli as we are from, say, Rossini.
	www.medieval.org /emfaq/cds/opa9823.htm (341 words)

	Internet Archive: Details: Ave Maria
		Now, before you start hating me, I would like to say that it very well may be that Moreschi was way past his prime.
		I have no doubt in my mind that Moreschi was a good singer, as evidenced in some snippets of this recording.
		Furthermore, the dated aesthetic of Moreschi's singing, which involved extreme passion in the singing and a perpetual type of sob, often sounds bizarre to the modern listener and can be misinterpreted as technical weakness or an aging voice."
	www.archive.org /details/AlessandroMoreschi (1869 words)

	Curiosity Shop
		Consequently when Moreschi was ready to begin his vocal training, it would have been extremely difficult to find instructors in the use of a kind of voice which was already nearly extinct.
		Nevertheless Moreschi began his education in 1871 at the Scuola di San Salvatore in Lauro.
		Moreschi was probably a pretty good singer, but he was no Farinelli.
	www.bassocantante.com /opera/curiosity.html (1489 words)

	Alessandro Moreschi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alessandro Moreschi was born to a large Roman Catholic family in the town of Montecompatri.
		Moreschi was, apart from being a soloist and director of the soloists, also a singing teacher, mostly of young falsettists.
		Moreschi was of average height and rather short in stature; he had no facial hairs and his chest was broad and overdeveloped.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alessandro_Moreschi (1050 words)

	The Longest Journey - Post a comment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Both Moreschi and his accompanying pianist sound thin, while the choir which features on some of the tracks is downright ethereal: presumably it was impossible to get all of them within a decent range of the recording-horns.
		Moreschi without interpreting him as a last remnant of a (thankfully) dying tradition: we cannot separate him, in other words, from his ubiquitous epithet, 'The Last Castrato'.
		Tags: alessandro moreschi, being an innamorata di roma, castrati, countertenors, italian, italy, latin, music, personal history, polytheism, roma, roman catholicism, romanticising the past, rome, tacitean rhetoric, the inaccessibility of the past, the vatican
	purple-pen.livejournal.com /118691.html?mode=reply (4107 words)

	Being There » Out There – Alessandro Moreschi, Rudy Helder
		Moreschi’s recordings were made at the Vatican in 1902 and 1904.
		Moreschi was then in his mid-forties, and based on a photograph made during that time, fairly resembled a portly assistant bank manager.
		Not only is Moreschi singing notes higher than any man should ever be able to sing, he sings in a plaintive, almost bleating tone that sounds neither like a boy nor a woman.
	www.beingtheremag.com /blog/?p=71 (820 words)

	TT-2004
		Alessandro Moreschi / pf - Gramo 54764 (mx.
		Alessandro Moreschi / Cantori della Cappella Sistina / organ - Gramo 54770 (mx.
		Alessandro Moreschi / pf - Gramo 52044 (mx.
	www.truesoundtransfers.de /Titellisten/TT2004.htm (400 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Magazine \| Singing in the pain
		Alessandro Moreschi was the only castrato to have his voice recorded
		The last-ever performing castrato, and the only one recorded, was Alessandro Moreschi, who was supposedly applauded by crowds with the call "Eviva il coltello" ("Long live the knife!").
		The voice of Moreschi, who had become conductor of the choir of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, was captured in 1902 by a gramophone company, when the singer was aged 44.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/magazine/4853432.stm (1114 words)

	Alessandro Moreschi
		Moreschi rimase solista del coro del Vaticano, sotto la direzione di Domenico Mustafà e, probabilmente, anche di Lorenzo Perosi, fino al suo ritiro nel 1913.
		Moreschi ebbe un figlio adottivo, di nome Giulio Moreschi (detto Giulietto), che fu cantore (tenore) in alcune cappelle romane, soprattutto in S. Maria Maggiore, e si cimentò anche in alcune interpretazioni cinematografiche ("Lo sceicco bianco" di Fellini, ad esempio).
		E' stata avanzata l'ipotesi che il Moreschi in quelle registrazioni possa aver subito alcune defaillance dovute ad un certo nervosismo: quella di Moreschi è una delle prime registrazioni fonografiche mai realizzate: possiamo immaginare un certo disagio del cantante a doversi esibire direttamente in un imbuto...
	www.haendel.it /interpreti/old/moreschi.htm (347 words)

	Castrati paper
		Alessandro Moreschi was in his mid-forties when the record was made (between 1902 and 1904), and although he had at one time been called the “Angel of Rome”,
		It is impossible to say what a castrato at the height of his powers actually sounded like: Moreschi's recordings give some indication of the timbre of the castrato voice, but not much else.
		Alessandro Moreschi retired from the Sistine Choir in 1913 and died in 1922 — and with him died, seemingly, the entire legacy of the castrati and their profound effect on the music of Europe during their dominance.
	www.angelfire.com /musicals/leithal/castrati.html (2439 words)

	The Last Castrato - SLIMELIGHT Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The is a story on BBC about Alessandro Moreschi, the last of the Castratos from Italy.
		In 1902, employees of the Grammophone company travelled to Rome and recorded the voice of Alessandro Moreschi singing in the Sistine Chapel, where he was the "resident" Castrato.
		Moreschi was the only Castrato ever to have his voice recorded.
	www.slimelight.net /Sportal/forum/showthread.php?p=23235#post23235 (415 words)

	Alessandro Moreschi - Wikipedia
		Alessandro Moreschi (* 1858 in Montecompatrio; † 1922 in Rom) war einer der letzten Kastraten und der einzige, von dem heute noch Tonaufnahmen vorliegen.
		Moreschi soll nicht der letzte Kastrat gewesen sein.
		Moreschi gab auch in bescheidenem Rahmen Konzerte und sang vor allem auch privat vor hohen geistlichen Würdenträgern in Rom.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alessandro_Moreschi (433 words)

	Alessandro Moreschi (1858 - 1922) - Find A Grave Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		By Moreschi's time, however, the style was virtually extinct and he had great difficulty finding teachers.
		In 1902 and 1904 Moreschi made 17 recordings of liturgical music, including eight solos; they are historically important as the only preserved examples of the castrato voice.
		After retiring from the Vatican in 1913 Moreschi instructed singing students in falsetto techniques.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10288166 (150 words)

	Music : Moreschi - The Last Castrato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Professor Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922),made in 1902-3 about 10 recordings all devoted to 19th century religious music.
		To begin with Moreschi's technique, far from being impeccable, often sounds shaky; in some passages he fumbles for his notes and wavers almost comically as Florence Foster Jenkins herself.
		Some of the 'facts' peddled about him are indeed true: he was the last castrato to die, although in 1898 there were still 7 at the Sistine Chapel, and one remained in the choir after he himself had retired.
	www.go-israel.com /B000000WYS/Moreschi-The_Last_Castrato.html (992 words)

	Alessandro Moreschi - AOL Music
		Alessandro Moreschi (November 11, 1858 - April 21, 1922) was the most famous castrato singer of the late 19th century, and the only castrato of the classic...
		Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922) entered the Sistine Chapel in 1883 and became conductor...
		By the time Alessandro Moreschi was castrated in the later 1850s,....
	music.aol.com /artist/alessandro-moreschi/40487/main (133 words)

	Rummage Through The Crevices: Classical Archives
		This barbaric practice began to decline in the early 19th century and was eventually banned altogether in 1870...
		Too late, however, for Alessandro Moreschi who was born twelve years before it was outlawed (castration generally happened at the age of 10), and was the last castrato still performing at the turn of the 20th century.
		The CD of Moreschi's recordings can be purchased through Amazon, which also hosts real audio samples of a number of tracks.
	www.filmcement.org /rummage/archives/cat_classical.html (561 words)

	FACTÓTUM: Alessandro Moreschi: El último representante de los cantantes “castrados”
		Por consiguiente cuando Moreschi estaba listo para comenzar su educación de vocal, era sumamente difícil encontrar a instructores en el empleo de una especie de voz que estaba ya casi muerta Sin embargo Moreschi comenzó sus estudios en 1871 en Scuola di Salvatore de San Lauro.
		De Moreschi ha quedado preservada una grabación que data de 1902 en donde se puede apreciar el timbre y la particular tesitura de voz del único y último castrati que existió.
		Si desean escuchar la única grabación de Moreschi pueden entrar y descargar los archivos “Ave María” y “Domine Salvum” en: http://joaquimllisterri.net/contratenores.html o escuchar a Moreschi y a los que serían sus seguidores, los contratenores en: http://www.epdlp.com/cantante1.php?cantante=Contratenores.
	kishimotoandres.blogspot.com /2005/12/alessandro-moreschi-el-ltimo.html (1052 words)

	Movies.com: Marketplace
		The details of the private life of Moreschi are sadly lacking, but there were simply no avenues open for the author to explore here in light of the fact that his subject died on 21 April, 1922.
		The curious musician will now be able to find many answers and feel much closer than before to Alessandro Moreschi.
		Among the beautiful photos included are several in color taken by the author and others including a photo of Moreschi's tomb.
	movies.go.com /marketplace/details?asin=1904341772 (300 words)

	Amazon.de: Moreschi der Letzte Kastrat: Musik: Alessandro Moreschi,a. Moreschi,Giovanni Aldega,Anonymous,Emilo ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Amazon.de: Moreschi der Letzte Kastrat: Musik: Alessandro Moreschi,a.
		Moreschi (KÃ¼nstler), Giovanni Aldega (Komponist), Anonymous (Komponist), Emilo Calzanera (Komponist), et al.
		Und wer SÃ¤nger seiner Zeit kennt, weis, das er singen kann, nur eben so, wie es damals Ã¼blich war, mit Schleifern, Schluchzern und allerlei Mehr, was heute weder verstanden noch gemocht wird.
	www.amazon.de /Moreschi-Letzte-Kastrat-Alessandro/dp/B000000WYS (397 words)

	The Male Soprano Page: Alessandro Moreschi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922) was born in Montecompatrio (near Rome) and died in Rome, where he was the last castrato at the Cappella Sistina from 1883-1913 as the conductor since 1898.
		When he began his studies in 1871 it was already difficult to find a teacher.
		Alessandro Moreschi The Last Castrato (the Vatican recordings)
	www.tp4.rub.de /~ak/disc/amo (94 words)

	Seattle Opera
		The age of castrati, thankfully, is long past: Alessandro Moreschi, the last castrato, died in 1922.
		He had been castrated before the practice was finally outlawed in the brand-new nation of Italy, in 1870, and his singing was recorded in 1903.
		The castrati were snipped before the onset of puberty, in order to preserve the short length of a boy’s vocal cords; that’s how Moreschi is able to make those high notes.
	www.seattleopera.org /operas/2006-2007/caesar/menuphigh.aspx (336 words)

	Amazon.ca: Last Castrato Comp Vatican Re: Music: Giovanni Aldega,Anonymous,Luigi Pratesi,Francesco Paolo ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Professor Moreschi's voice is something that will never be heard again, and is the only example of what a Castrato sounded like, and that sound is amazing.
		This recording was made in 1903, far past the dusk of the castrati singers, and it was made by a man past his musical prime, if he in fact ever had one in the first place.
		By the time Alessandro Moreschi was castrated in the later 1850s, the Age of Enlightenment, Napoleon, and Revolutions had come and gone, taking Baroque aesthetic notions along with the dusts of time.
	www.amazon.ca /Last-Castrato-Comp-Vatican-Re/dp/B000000WYS (1728 words)

	Amazon.com: Moreschi - The Last Castrato: Music: Giovanni Aldega,Anonymous,Emilo Calzanera,Gaetano Capocci,Gregorian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This recording was made in 1903, far past the dusk of the castrati singers, and it was made by a man past his musical prime, if he in fact ever had one in the first place.
		By the time Alessandro Moreschi was castrated in the later 1850s, the Age of Enlightenment, Napoleon, and Revolutions had come and gone, taking Baroque aesthetic notions along with the dusts of time.
		Given his age and lack of extensive training, Moreschi executes these nuances rather interestingly, to say the least.
	www.amazon.com /Moreschi-Last-Castrato-Giovanni-Aldega/dp/B000000WYS (839 words)

	All you would like to know about the Castrati - Biographies and Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This picture shows Alessandro Moreschi with some of the other singers from the Sistine, with their names appended; they appear in "street attire", and two of the older castrati are there; you can surely pick them out!
		To the right, a photo showing a "younger" Moreshi, the subject of the Opal CD: "The Last Castrato" (q.v.) This was taken in 1898, among some of his fellow choristers at the Sistine Chapel.
		Most people have seen a picture of Moreschi, in the booklet of the Pavilion recordings; but here is the last really "great" castrato: perpetual director (ultimately) of the Sistine Chapel choir; a fine Handelian singer; and the founder of a Roman Musical Society.
	www.cix.co.uk /~velluti/cast-pics.htm (1239 words)

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