Felix The Storyteller» Maria http://audiochildrensbooks.com Children's Stories & Audio Stories For Kids Fri, 21 Jun 2019 22:27:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 THE WOUNDROUS VOICES http://audiochildrensbooks.com/all-stories/the-woundrous-voices/ http://audiochildrensbooks.com/all-stories/the-woundrous-voices/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:46:23 +0000 http://audiochildrensbooks.com/?p=387 Who ever heard of anyone singing all four voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone? Such a person existed, a shepherd in the mountains of eastern Italy. Deep in his throat is his vocal cord family, Maria, Mimi, Roberto, and Carlos as his sole companions, singing the night away. How could this boy go from the serenity of caring for his flock of sheep, to fame in the halls of the La Scala Opera House?

 

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What better setting for a tale about voices of the opera than Italy. I got the idea of turning Lorenzo’s vocal cords into humanized sub-characters, who play the part of soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone voices. I checked my medical books and discovered there are two main vocal cords and two shadow vocal chords. So I decided to take artistic liberties and combine them into four full vocal cords. Since Lorenzo, the main character, didn’t know what was going on, I figured I could get away with it.

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When my mother was teaching school in a Mexican community between 1910-14, the civil war was raging, causing great upheaval. Poncho Villa’s rabble and other revolutionary armies had at one time or other encamped in the local plaza with their soldaderas (camp followers). For the young women of the community, shopping under those dangerous conditions was a terrifying experience. My mother’s description of the perilous events with fear still etched in her eyes came to mind when I wrote this short narrative.

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