So You Want to Sing Early Music (eBook)

A Guide for Performers

Martha Elliott (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
272 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-0590-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book introduces the remarkably rich and varied repertoire of early vocal music, focusing primarily on the 17th and early 18th centuries, within a historical context and explores the techniques the modern singer will need to perform and enjoy the repertoire.

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A great majority of European music written before 1750 is for voices but remains understudied and underperformed. It includes music for groups of voices and solo voices, with and without instruments, music for the church and the theater, for the court and the chamber, as well as music in different languages and with different national styles. In So You Want to Sing Early Music, Martha Elliott introduces this remarkably rich and varied repertoire within a historical context for the 21st century singer. Focusing on music from the 17th and early 18th centuries, this book offers guidance on style and ornamentation, working with vocal and instrumental colleagues, reading manuscripts and edited editions of scores. Elliot shares advice for how to handle the different kinds of early music performance situations in which singers might find themselves, as well as where to find workshops and performance opportunities. Equally helpful to the classically trained solo singer or amateur choral singer, So You Want to Sing Early Music will allow them to broaden their repertoire and build their stylistic toolbox.Additional chapters by Scott McCoy and Wendy LeBorgne address universal questions of voice science, pedagogy, and vocal health,. The So You Want to Sing seriesis produced in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Like all books in the series, So You Want to Sing Early Music features online supplemental material on the NATS website. Please visit www.nats.org to access style-specific exercises, audio and video files, and additional resources.

Autor

Martha Elliott has been a member of the Performance Faculty at Princeton University since 1985. She has taught courses and workshops in early music performance, and coached baroque opera productions at Princeton and elsewhere. Her performing career has featured a wide variety of repertoire and styles including a specialty in early music.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 – Historical Overview of the RepertoireChapter 2 – Singing and Voice Science, Scott McCoyChapter 3 – Vocal Health for the Early Music Singer, Wendy LeBorgneChapter 4 – Grandfathers of Voice PedagogyChapter 5 – Elements of Baroque StyleChapter 6 – It’s All Chamber MusicChapter 7 – Know the ScoreChapter 8 – Using All the ToolsAppendix A – So You Want to Be a Consort Singer?, Gabriel CrouchAppendix B – Singing with Players, Mary Benton, Patricia Hlafter, Judith Klotz & Amy WarrenAppendix C – Approximating the Past, Jamie Reuland

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.2.2019
• Reihe/Serie: So You Want to Sing
• Zusatzinfo: 33 Illustrations including: - 33 Color Illustrations.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
• Schlagworte: can anyone learn to sing • how to sing • learn how to sing • learn to sing • Singing • singing app • singing lessons • singing tips • train voice • vocal training
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-0590-X / 153810590X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-0590-0 / 9781538105900