https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n24/peter-phillips/hickup-over-the-littany Created Fri, 01/12/2023 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 01/12/2023 - 00:00 One of the abiding mysteries in presenting music from the past is what the singers sounded like. There is no evidence for it, apart from written descriptions, all of which fall far short of telling us anything precise.