pseudonym58 I suppose it's actually a joke at alto singers' expense. I'm not familiar with the stereotype, but does it imply that they have a limited range? (EDIT: See correction by MRC, below)
MRC The cliché is not that the alto singers have a narrow range, it's that the parts they have to sing are extremely boring. See for instance: The very narrow piano is a sculpture by Bjorn Perborg. It doesn't play.
TLH21 pseudonym58 Nailed it! Case in point Altos are bottom right, and not that this piece in itself is boring.
