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Pitch
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Pitch

7 maalis ’08 Filed under kuvat, musiikki. Bookmark the permalink.

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Finally the pizza arrived, and the Mother Superior began to bless the food. Now this woman normally had a gruffed low-pitched speaking voice but as soon as she began to pray he voice rose, became pure, bell-like, like a child’s. The prayer went on and on increasing in volume each time a sister got a strike, rising in pitch “Dear Father in Heaven”.
The next day I was scheduled to begin this seminar on language. I’d been very struck by this prayer and I wanted to talk about how women’s voices rise in pitch when they’re asking for things, especially from men. But it was odd.
–Laurie Anderson: Maria Teresa, Teresa Maria