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Bel canto : a performer's guide / Robert Toft.
Author
Toft, Robert
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Description
viii, 263 p. : ill., music ; 26 cm.
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ReCAP - Remote Storage
ML1460 .T64 2013
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Subject(s)
Singing
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Methods
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Bel canto
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Music
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Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
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Summary note
This book provides singers with the tools they need not only to complete the creative process the composer began but also to bring scores to life in an historically-informed manner.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-258) and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
Part one: the principles of Bel canto
Introduction
Phrasing
Altering rhythm and tempo
Tonal contrast, register, and vibrato
Ornamentation
Dramatic action
Part two: Bel canto in practice
Handel, "Armida dispietata/Lascia ch'io pianga" (Rinaldo, 1711/1731)
Handel, "O worse than death indeed/angels ever bright and fair" (Theodora, 1750)
Gluck, " Sposa Euridice/che faro senza Euridice" (Orfeo ed Euridice, 1762)
Sarti, "Lungi dal caro bene" (Giulio Sabino, 1781)
Mozart, "Voi che sapete" (le nozze di Figaro, 1786)
Mozart (arr. Bishop), " Love! Ever leave me" (the marriage of Figaro, 1819).
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ISBN
9780199832316 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0199832315 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780199832323 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0199832323 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011053392
OCLC
769871259
RCP
H - S
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