Author: James Stark
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442690925
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In this well documented and highly readable book, James Stark provides a history of vocal pedagogy from the beginning of the bel canto tradition of solo singing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries to the present. Using a nineteenth-century treatise by Manuel Garcia as his point of reference, Stark analyses the many sources that discuss singing techniques and selects a number of primary vocal 'problems' for detailed investigation. He also presents data from a series of laboratory experiments carried out to demonstrate the techniques of bel canto. The discussion deals extensively with such topics as the emergence of virtuoso singing, the castrato phenomenon, national differences in singing styles, controversies regarding the perennial decline in the art of singing, and the so-called secrets of bel canto. Stark offers a new definition of bel canto which reconciles historical and scientific descriptions of good singing. His is a refreshing and profound discussion of issues important to all singers and voice teachers.
Bel Canto
Author: James Stark
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442690925
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In this well documented and highly readable book, James Stark provides a history of vocal pedagogy from the beginning of the bel canto tradition of solo singing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries to the present. Using a nineteenth-century treatise by Manuel Garcia as his point of reference, Stark analyses the many sources that discuss singing techniques and selects a number of primary vocal 'problems' for detailed investigation. He also presents data from a series of laboratory experiments carried out to demonstrate the techniques of bel canto. The discussion deals extensively with such topics as the emergence of virtuoso singing, the castrato phenomenon, national differences in singing styles, controversies regarding the perennial decline in the art of singing, and the so-called secrets of bel canto. Stark offers a new definition of bel canto which reconciles historical and scientific descriptions of good singing. His is a refreshing and profound discussion of issues important to all singers and voice teachers.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442690925
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In this well documented and highly readable book, James Stark provides a history of vocal pedagogy from the beginning of the bel canto tradition of solo singing in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries to the present. Using a nineteenth-century treatise by Manuel Garcia as his point of reference, Stark analyses the many sources that discuss singing techniques and selects a number of primary vocal 'problems' for detailed investigation. He also presents data from a series of laboratory experiments carried out to demonstrate the techniques of bel canto. The discussion deals extensively with such topics as the emergence of virtuoso singing, the castrato phenomenon, national differences in singing styles, controversies regarding the perennial decline in the art of singing, and the so-called secrets of bel canto. Stark offers a new definition of bel canto which reconciles historical and scientific descriptions of good singing. His is a refreshing and profound discussion of issues important to all singers and voice teachers.
École de Garcia
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Classical and Romantic Music
Author: David Milsom
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351571753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This volume brings together twenty-two of the most diverse and stimulating journal articles on classical and romantic performing practice, representing a rich vein of enquiry into epochs of music still very much at the forefront of current concert repertoire. In so doing, it provides a wide range of subject-based scholarship. It also reveals a fascinating window upon the historical performance debate of the last few decades in music where such matters still stimulate controversy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351571753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This volume brings together twenty-two of the most diverse and stimulating journal articles on classical and romantic performing practice, representing a rich vein of enquiry into epochs of music still very much at the forefront of current concert repertoire. In so doing, it provides a wide range of subject-based scholarship. It also reveals a fascinating window upon the historical performance debate of the last few decades in music where such matters still stimulate controversy.
Embodying Voice
Author: Margaret Medlyn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429999224
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Embodying Voice: Singing Verdi, Singing Wagner articulates the process of developing an operatic voice, explaining how and why the training of such a voice is as complex and sophisticated as it is mysterious. This book illustrates how putting together a voice, embodying a sound, and creating a character are vital to an audience’s emotional involvement and enjoyment. Moreover, it addresses an imbalance of power between the opera director and the orchestra conductor – ultimately, it is the communicative power of the singer’s voice that brings life to an opera, a fact well known by Verdi and Wagner. Embodying Voice highlights the singer’s creative agency to be co-creator of the composer’s music. It explores the ways in which vocal performance is constructed and controlled, connecting layers of mind and bodily engagement that allow operatic singers to achieve expression beyond the text itself. Further reading, listening, and performance lists are provided at the end of each chapter, complemented by musical examples throughout.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429999224
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Embodying Voice: Singing Verdi, Singing Wagner articulates the process of developing an operatic voice, explaining how and why the training of such a voice is as complex and sophisticated as it is mysterious. This book illustrates how putting together a voice, embodying a sound, and creating a character are vital to an audience’s emotional involvement and enjoyment. Moreover, it addresses an imbalance of power between the opera director and the orchestra conductor – ultimately, it is the communicative power of the singer’s voice that brings life to an opera, a fact well known by Verdi and Wagner. Embodying Voice highlights the singer’s creative agency to be co-creator of the composer’s music. It explores the ways in which vocal performance is constructed and controlled, connecting layers of mind and bodily engagement that allow operatic singers to achieve expression beyond the text itself. Further reading, listening, and performance lists are provided at the end of each chapter, complemented by musical examples throughout.
The Old Italian School of Singing
Author: Daniela Bloem-Hubatka
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488956
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This work describes in accessible language the technical foundations of the Old Italian School of Singing. It enables the reader to grasp the teachings of the old masters theoretically and practically. The research for this book used not only the old treatises from the 1700's onwards but also firsthand testimonies, biographies and recordings from historical singers. The author systematically takes us through the basic elements of historical singing with practical hints and exercises tested by extensive teaching experience.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488956
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This work describes in accessible language the technical foundations of the Old Italian School of Singing. It enables the reader to grasp the teachings of the old masters theoretically and practically. The research for this book used not only the old treatises from the 1700's onwards but also firsthand testimonies, biographies and recordings from historical singers. The author systematically takes us through the basic elements of historical singing with practical hints and exercises tested by extensive teaching experience.
The Modern Singing Master
Author: Ariel Bybee
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810851733
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
A compilation of essays written by renowned singing teachers as their testament to their great singing instructor, whose research and interpretations have given birth to a new era of vocal pedagogy known as 'Functional Voice Training.' The essays explain the four basic principles with which he works: the two-register theory, the necessity for pure vowels, the use of rhythm to encourage the muscles to react spontaneously, and the choice of dynamic.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810851733
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
A compilation of essays written by renowned singing teachers as their testament to their great singing instructor, whose research and interpretations have given birth to a new era of vocal pedagogy known as 'Functional Voice Training.' The essays explain the four basic principles with which he works: the two-register theory, the necessity for pure vowels, the use of rhythm to encourage the muscles to react spontaneously, and the choice of dynamic.
Hints on Singing
Author: Manuel Garcia
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Category : Chants
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Category : Chants
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology
Author: Joseph Thomas
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 2362
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 2362
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Un avvertimento ai gelosi
Author: Manuel Garcia
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 0895798042
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This is the first publication of Un avvertimento ai gelosi (1831), a one-act salon opera for six singers and piano by Manuel del Pópulo Vicente Rodríguez García (17751832). Renowned as one of the leading tenor virtuosos of his generation, García was also an esteemed teacher who shared valuable bel canto techniques with his students, including his famous children, Maria Malibran, Pauline Viardot, and Manuel Patricio García, whose historic treatises document his fathers method. A prolific composer, Garcías works were applauded in Madrid, Naples, Paris, London, New York, and Mexico City. Un avvertimento ai gelosi (A Warning to Those Who Are Jealous) was designed to prepare Garcías students for demanding operatic careers. Based on a comic farsa, this delightful opera displays the composers highly florid vocal style in brilliant arias and ensembles. The edition presents the score and libretto (with translation) and also provides detailed performance notes derived from Garcías teaching method, including improvised ornamentation.
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 0895798042
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This is the first publication of Un avvertimento ai gelosi (1831), a one-act salon opera for six singers and piano by Manuel del Pópulo Vicente Rodríguez García (17751832). Renowned as one of the leading tenor virtuosos of his generation, García was also an esteemed teacher who shared valuable bel canto techniques with his students, including his famous children, Maria Malibran, Pauline Viardot, and Manuel Patricio García, whose historic treatises document his fathers method. A prolific composer, Garcías works were applauded in Madrid, Naples, Paris, London, New York, and Mexico City. Un avvertimento ai gelosi (A Warning to Those Who Are Jealous) was designed to prepare Garcías students for demanding operatic careers. Based on a comic farsa, this delightful opera displays the composers highly florid vocal style in brilliant arias and ensembles. The edition presents the score and libretto (with translation) and also provides detailed performance notes derived from Garcías teaching method, including improvised ornamentation.
National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.