Louis Weichmann

[L Verge]

(10-16-2015 06:48 PM)Gene C Wrote:  

(10-16-2015 06:00 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Please use the correct spelling of "altar" boy from now on... Abel was not an altered boy, he was serving at the altar of God.

They used to use altered boys in the choir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato

Gene - I actually started to use the word "eunuch," but decided to be a bit more genteel.

There are many wonderful boys' choirs today (the National Cathedral here in DC having one) that use those talented voices of many pre-pubescent young men to reach high notes before age changes reduce them to tenors, baritones or bass.