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Gillette's imitation doesn't seem particularly "low" to me in either sense of the word. He got the shortness of breath of a tobacco fiend down pretty well, though. - B. Clay Shannon
From: Carl J. Chimi <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Which "low" is meant?
See if this helps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqHPN4lW6tI
Carl
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From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan Kitty
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 5:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Which "low" is meant?
Arianela - try googling mark Twain William Gillette-- as it's not a Video,
b= ut an audio recording.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 17, 2016, at 5:31 PM, Arianela . <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Nuts. My youtube politely informed me "this video is not available.
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> Arianne Laidlaw
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>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 6:29 AM, John Greenman <[log in to unmask]>
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>> There=3D92s a recording of actor William Gillette (a neighbor and
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>> of Twain=3D92s) here:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3DmqHPN4lW6tI
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>> Not sure if the recording will answer your
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>> worth a listen.
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>> -John
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>>> On Nov 17, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> I'm reading a book by Paul Fatout about Mark Twain on the lecture
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>>> In it, some reviewers complain that Mark Twain's voice was "low" as
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>>> ured.
>>> Did they mean "low" in tonal range (bassy) or did they mean "low" in
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>>> (soft-spoken)?
>>> I assume the latter, as his singing voice has been described as a
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>>> l tenor" but would like to know "y'alls" take on it.=3D3DC2=3D3DA0-
>>> B. =3D=
>> Clay Shannon
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>> John Greenman
>> [log in to unmask]
>> Audiobooks from Librivox
>> Archive.org audio recordings
>> Audible.com recordings for sale
>> ++++++++++++
>> "The art of acting lies in keeping people from coughing"
>> -Ralph Richardson
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> Arianne Laidlaw A '58
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