Heart to Heart
Expressive Singing in England 1780-1830
Seiten
2000
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-816662-7 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-816662-7 (ISBN)
This book establishes the principles of interpretation that singers active in England during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries - both foreign and English - applied to recitatives, arias, and songs. It is the first single guide to historical performance of one of today's most popular repertoires.
This book establishes the principles of interpretation that singers active in England (both foreign and English) applied to recitatives, arias, and songs, by composers such as Handel, Mozart, and Rossini. Expression lay at the heart of persuasive singing during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and Robert Toft here ably places the concept and its practices in a broad cultural perspective. Singing was related closely to speaking in this period: when the techniques of delivery that were common to both arts (emphasis, accent, tone of voice, pauses, breathing, and gesture) are combined with resources peculiar to singing (portamento, messa di voce, tempo, rubato, vibrato, and ornamentation), the style which emerges differs markedly from that of the late twentieth century.
Most singers today perform the repertoire of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, but until now no book has addressed the principles which governed song performance in this period or shown how historical understandings may be used to move and delight modern audiences.
This book establishes the principles of interpretation that singers active in England (both foreign and English) applied to recitatives, arias, and songs, by composers such as Handel, Mozart, and Rossini. Expression lay at the heart of persuasive singing during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and Robert Toft here ably places the concept and its practices in a broad cultural perspective. Singing was related closely to speaking in this period: when the techniques of delivery that were common to both arts (emphasis, accent, tone of voice, pauses, breathing, and gesture) are combined with resources peculiar to singing (portamento, messa di voce, tempo, rubato, vibrato, and ornamentation), the style which emerges differs markedly from that of the late twentieth century.
Most singers today perform the repertoire of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, but until now no book has addressed the principles which governed song performance in this period or shown how historical understandings may be used to move and delight modern audiences.
Robert Toft is Professor and Chair in the Department of Music History at The University of Western Ontario
Introduction ; 1. Styles of Singing ; 2. Discovering the Proper Manner of Delivery ; 3. The Power of Sound ; 4. Phrasing ; 5. Loud and Soft Singing ; 6. Tempo and its Breaches ; 7. Execution ; 8. An Expressive Countenance: The Actor of the Passions ; 9. Heart to Heart: The Dramatic Display of Passion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.8.2000 |
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Reihe/Serie | Early Music Series |
Zusatzinfo | 6 line illustrations, numerous music examples |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 162 x 242 mm |
Gewicht | 535 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-816662-1 / 0198166621 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-816662-7 / 9780198166627 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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