Heart to heart : expressive singing in England, 1780-1830 / Robert Toft.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Early music series (London, England : 1976)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: xv, 198 p. : ill., music ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0198166621
  • 9780198166627
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.043094209033 TOF 21
LOC classification:
  • MT823 .T64 2000
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Contents:
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'
Summary: "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
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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

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