[OneWingedShark]

Off the main topic, but still rather on subject, I wonder who decided that angels have the uninteresting voices of preadolescent girls. That's not my concept of angels at all.

Maybe they're more like Tyrial the Archangel (from Diablo 2)... that would explain why they're always saying "do not be afraid" when they come with a message from God.

[AnAmericanMother]

I think it was C.S. Lewis who pointed out that angels in the Bible are always saying "Fear not," while the stereotypical Victorian angel looks like she ought to be saying, "There, there!"

The idea of angelic voices as prepubescent boys (NOT girls - different voice quality entirely) comes from all those English choirboys singing the Psalms after the first lesson. Lewis had something to say about that too -- the incredible contrast of the pure disembodied clarity of the boys' voices singing psalms of vengeance and power . . .

The "English sound" is a clear, straight tone, devoid of the vibrato that we associate with a mature voice. Part of that of course is that we're exposed to pop music all the day long. I was taught to sing with zero vibrato, and in my upper register I sound as much like a choirboy as you could expect of a 51 year old contralto . . . < g >

[Tax-chick]

Precisely. The Bible doesn't lead one to expect the insipid from angels.