Heart to heart :
Toft, Robert,
Heart to heart : expressive singing in England, 1780-1830 / Robert Toft. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. - xv, 198 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm. - Oxford early music series . - Early music series (London, England : 1976) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.
1. Styles of Singing -- 2. Discovering the Proper Manner of Delivery -- 3. The Power of Sound : The Tones of the Passions ; Registers ; Vibrato -- 4. Phrasing : The Expressive Pause - Punctuation, Rests, and Breathing ; Legato and Portamento ; Staccato -- 5. Loud and Soft Singing : Messa di voce ; Accent and Emphasis -- 6. Tempo and its Breaches -- 7. Execution : Graces - Greater Elegance and Deeper Intensity ; Appoggiatura ; Acciacciatura ; Mordent ; Turn ; Shake ; Divisions ; Cadenza -- 8. An Expressive Countenance : The Actor of the Passions -- 9. The Dramatic Display of Passion : 'The Promethean fire of eloquent expression' ; 'The language of the soul'
"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." - BOOK JACKET
0198166621 9780198166627
99049824
Singing--Instruction and study--History--England--18th century.
Singing--Instruction and study--History--England--19th century.
MT823 / .T64 2000
782.043094209033 TOF
Heart to heart : expressive singing in England, 1780-1830 / Robert Toft. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. - xv, 198 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm. - Oxford early music series . - Early music series (London, England : 1976) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.
1. Styles of Singing -- 2. Discovering the Proper Manner of Delivery -- 3. The Power of Sound : The Tones of the Passions ; Registers ; Vibrato -- 4. Phrasing : The Expressive Pause - Punctuation, Rests, and Breathing ; Legato and Portamento ; Staccato -- 5. Loud and Soft Singing : Messa di voce ; Accent and Emphasis -- 6. Tempo and its Breaches -- 7. Execution : Graces - Greater Elegance and Deeper Intensity ; Appoggiatura ; Acciacciatura ; Mordent ; Turn ; Shake ; Divisions ; Cadenza -- 8. An Expressive Countenance : The Actor of the Passions -- 9. The Dramatic Display of Passion : 'The Promethean fire of eloquent expression' ; 'The language of the soul'
"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." - BOOK JACKET
0198166621 9780198166627
99049824
Singing--Instruction and study--History--England--18th century.
Singing--Instruction and study--History--England--19th century.
MT823 / .T64 2000
782.043094209033 TOF