Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 410-426 , July 2010

The Singer's Voice Range Profile: Female Professional Opera Soloists

  • Anick Lamarche

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Anick Lamarche, M.Mus, Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Lindstedtsvägen 24, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Sten Ternström

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Peter Pabon

      Affiliations

    • Royal Conservatory, The Hague, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

,Accepted 10 December 2008.

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PII: S0892-1997(08)00212-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.12.008

Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 410-426 , July 2010

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