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Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque
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In some cases, the boy would not learn to control his voice well enough to be one of the greats. Sometimes it was a case of a boy contracting some illness that would damage his vocal cords. You have to remember medicine was still pretty much in the dark ages and a case of scarlet fever, whooping cough, diptheria, or even a severe cold was not easily treated like nowadays. A severe throat infection might leave a castrati's voice with an unacceptable rasp due to scarification of the vocal cords. Or it might ruin his voice totally for singing. Over consumption of alcohol was bad for a voice just as it still is, and some would go that way.
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Thank u ..... i really didn't think on those lines (the infection part)
09-09-2009
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