Bringing Soprano Arias To Life

Author : Boris Goldovsky,Arthur Schoep
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781461656999

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Bringing Soprano Arias to Life by Boris Goldovsky,Arthur Schoep Pdf

New in Paperback! This book supplies a soprano with nearly everything she may need to perform the operatic arias discussed. The 28 arias included are chosen from among those that are more popular and most widely studied and performed. There are descriptions of stage settings, with costume sketches by famed theatrical designer Leo Van Witsen. The heart of each discussion is a detailed descriptions of the sections of the area. While the scenic design may change from one production to another, the suggestions given for dramatic motivations, character building, and stage movement can be readily adapted for use in any theatrical environment. Although it is not intended that these arias be acted out on the concert stage, much of the information—the dramatic analysis, discussions of vocal and musical aspects, matters of style and tradition, and translations of the texts—should be profitable for students of singing and stage direction, as well as professional opera singers, no matter how or where the arias are performed. Paperback edition available June 2001. Cloth edition previously published in 1990.

Author : Leo Van Witsen
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : 0810827433

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Costuming for Opera by Leo Van Witsen Pdf

Profusely illustrated. Reproductions of paintings and engravings in the period of a given opera's historical setting illuminate the author's interpretations.

Author : Guy A. Marco
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135578015

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Opera by Guy A. Marco Pdf

Opera is the only guide to the research writings on all aspects of opera. This second edition presents 2,833 titles--over 2,000 more than the first edition--of books, parts of books, articles and dissertations with full bibliographic descriptions and critical annotations. Users will find the core literature on the operas of 320 individual composers and details of operatic life in 43 countries. All relevant works through to November 1999 have been considered, covering more than fifteen years of literature since the first edition was published.

Author : Sharon L. Stohrer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317958178

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The Singer's Companion by Sharon L. Stohrer Pdf

"The Singer’s Companion" provides both beginning and advanced students of singing with a basic, reliable, and readable introduction to the many issues focusing on training and maintaining a healthy voice. It covers all the fundamental issues faced by vocalists in all styles of music, including how to find a good teacher, work with a score, audition, and perform. Stohrer has written an essential text for students of singing, offering up-to-date, accurate, and accessible information that will be invaluable to singers and their teachers.

Author : Matthew Hoch,Linda Lister
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442250260

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Voice Secrets by Matthew Hoch,Linda Lister Pdf

In Voice Secrets: 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Singer, Matthew Hoch and Linda Lister create order out of the chaotic world of singing. They examine all aspects of singing, including nontechnical matters, such as auditioning, performance anxiety, score preparation, practice performance tips, business etiquette, and many other important topics for the advanced singer. Voice Secrets provides singers with a quick and efficient path to significant improvement, both technically and musically. It is the perfect resource for advanced students of singing, professional performers, music educators, and avid amateur musicians. The Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician series is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking a quick set of pointers to improve their work as performers and producers of music. Easy to use and intended for the advanced musician, contributions to Music Secrets fill a niche for those who have moved beyond what beginners and intermediate practitioners need.

Author : Alan Montgomery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000764697

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Opera Coaching by Alan Montgomery Pdf

Opera Coaching: Professional Techniques for the Répétiteur, Second Edition, is an update to the first practical guide for opera coaches when working with opera singers to help them meet the physical and vocal demands of a score in order to shape a performance. Opera coaching remains a mystery to many musicians. While an opera coach (or répétiteur) is principally tasked with ensuring singers sing the right notes and words, the coach’s purview extends well beyond pitches and pronunciation. The opera coach must have a full understanding of human physiognomy and the human voice, as well as a knowledge of the many languages used in Western vocal music and over four centuries of opera repertoire – all to recognize what must happen for success when a singer steps on stage. NEW to this second edition: New and updated chapters throughout, featuring new discussions on large ensembles, twenty-first-century demands, and more. Deeper investigation of the styles of and problems posed by particular operas. Revised chapter structure that allows for an expanded and progressive emphasis on technical work. Modern singers have bemoaned the scarcity of good vocal coaches and conductors – those who understand voices and repertoire alike. Opera Coaching: Professional Techniques for the Répétiteur, Second Edition, demystifies the role of the opera coach, outlining the obstacles facing both the opera singer and the coach who seeks to realize the performer’s full potential.

Author : David T Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780429757686

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Phantasmagoria by David T Evans Pdf

First published in 1999, this original and entertaining sociological study takes a comprehensive and critical view of opera as unique cultural artefact as loss making ‘industry’, as institution with a ‘museum’ culture, and as consumed commodity of rare distinction and elaborate ritual. Specific chapters deal with opera within the contexts of musicological analysis, auratic art and fetishized taste: opera as business and as ‘museum’: singers’ opera: producers’ opera and audiences’ opera. There is also a chapter on ‘opera’: popular, commercialised fragments of opera outside the opera house, consumed by and through all manner of reproduced means: CD, video, Three Tenors concerts: film and TV soundtracks: advertising jingles etc. Despite the supposed popularisation and successful commercial exploitation of ‘opera’ during the past decade or so, this study concludes that opera remains an art-form, institution and ritual of relative inaccessibility and exclusiveness. The commercial interest in and profitability of ‘opera’ do not translate into new ‘popular’ audiences in the opera house. The increased dependency of opera companies on corporate funding in the face of retreating government subsidies may have brought a new ‘elite’ audience into the expensive seats, pandered to by the introduction of surtitles etc., but the traditional ‘elite’ has succeeded in closing down entry to opera in other select venues where opera continues to confirm and maintain their select identity and prestige of their life-style.

Author : Matthew Hoch
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810886568

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A Dictionary for the Modern Singer by Matthew Hoch Pdf

Titles in the Dictionaries for the Modern Musician series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information designed to convey the field of study and performance for a major instrument or instrument class, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from conducting to composing. Each dictionary covers topics from instrument parts to technique, major works to key figures—a must-have for any musician’s personal library! A Dictionary for the Modern Singer is an indispensable guide for students of singing, voice pedagogues, and lovers of the art of singing. In addition to classical singing, genres, and styles, musical theatre and popular and global styles are addressed. With an emphasis on contemporary practice, this work includes terms and figures that influenced modern singing styles. Topics include voice pedagogy, voice science, vocal health, styles, genres, performers, diction, and other relevant topics. The dictionary will help students to more fully understand the concepts articulated by their teachers. Matthew Hoch’s book fills a gap in the singer’s library as the only one-volume general reference geared toward today’s student of singing. An extensive bibliography is invaluable for students seeking to explore a particular subject in greater depth. Illustrations and charts further illuminate particular concepts, while appendixes address stage fright, tips on practicing, repertoire selection, audio technology, and contemporary commercial music styles. A Dictionary for the Modern Singer will appeal to students of singing at all levels. For professionals, it will serve as a quick and handy reference guide, useful in the high school or college library and the home teaching studio alike; students and amateurs will find it accessible and full of fascinating information about the world of the singing.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1328 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498587

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Karen Sell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351545013

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The Disciplines of Vocal Pedagogy: Towards an Holistic Approach by Karen Sell Pdf

If classical singers and vocal pedagogues are to be prepared adequately for performance, teaching and co-operation in inter-professional relations, then an holistic education entailing multi-disciplinary study is essential. In this important new book, Karen Sell examines the disciplines pertinent to vocal pedagogy, tracing the lineage of views from the ancient world to the present day. In the process important diverse roots are exposed, yielding differing and even conflicting tonal ideals which have a bearing on the consideration of different singing methods and the interpretation of songs and arias. Ethics and psychology are identified as central to the entire pedagogical process along with the scientific basis of singing: encompassing acoustics, anatomy and physiology, with special reference to the bearing of the latter two upon vocal health and hygiene. A detailed consideration of singing technique is the centrepiece of the book, and an understanding of good technique and scientific awareness is shown to be fundamental to good vocal pedagogical practice. This leads to a discussion on performance and aesthetics, contributing to the education of the fully equipped singer. No study to date has demonstrated the inter-relationships between all these individual disciplines and the ways in which they influence singing pedagogy. Sell?s holistic, multi-disciplinary approach will be of particular benefit to singers and voice teachers, and will also appeal to music educationalists and professionals in cognate disciplines.

Author : Mei Zhong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015055466000

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Tempo in the Soprano Arias of Puccini's La Boheme, Tosca, and Madame Butterfly by Mei Zhong Pdf

Difficulties in establishing tempos for Puccini's soprano arias arise from the lack of markings in some cases, ambiguous or impractical markings in others, doubts about the authorship of some markings, and wide variations in tempo among recorded performances. This study seeks to establish the originally intended tempos for these operas. By examining Puccini's autographs, the first edition vocal scores, and many early recordings - especially those by the sopranos or conductors who worked with the composer or performed the arias during Puccini's lifetime - it establishes tempos that conform to Puccini's musical and dramatic intentions. Additional sources include the commentaries of Luigi Ricci, Puccini's rehearsal pianist; contemporaneous and contemporary commentaries; and current scholarship.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 0634047388

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The Private Voice Studio Handbook by Anonim Pdf

A nationally recognized expert in teaching private voice, Joan Boytim has compiled some of the most widely used vocal collections in the US. Her clinics about various aspects of teaching voice, literature, and running a voice studio have been attended by thousands of teachers. Now that professional wisdom has been put into a new book indispensible for independent instructors, The Private Voice Studio Handbook. Its chapters address, in practical detail, topics such as - starting a private voice studio; equipment and space; recruiting and accepting students; ideas for the very first lesson with a student; studio policies, guidelines and ethics; teaching music reading; recommended syllable drills and vocalises; lesson plans; practice procedures; choosing repertoire suitable to students' abilities; finding appropriate sacred solos; accounting and record-keeping; tax, insurance and retirement advice; techniques for teaching voice to children and adults; planning studio recitals; and many more. An excellent resource for college and university voice faculty.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Singing
ISBN : UVA:X002051628

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The NATS Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Opera
ISBN : UVA:X002270577

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Opera by George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood Pdf

Author : Boris Goldovsky,Curtis Cate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015017686216

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My Road to Opera by Boris Goldovsky,Curtis Cate Pdf