Johann Adam Hiller

Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller

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Produktbeschreibung

An English translation of an important manual on vocal technique and performance in the eighteenth-century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780521353540
• ISBN-10: 0521353548
• Artikelnr.: 24287347

Autorenporträt

Suzanne J. Beicken is Lecturer in historical musicology at the University of Maryland and is also a performer, concert manager and music administrator. She is founder of the award-winning Maryland Boys Choir.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Translator's introduction and commentary
Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation: Preface
Dedication
1. On the qualities of the human voice and its improvement
2. On good performance and how to use the voice
3. On good performance, with regard to text and music
4. On good performance, with regard to ornaments
5. On good performance, with regard to Passaggi
6. On good performance, with regard to the various genres of vocal forms and in consideration of performing in various places
7. On Cadenzas
8. On arbitrary variations of the Aria
Appendix: biographical information on singers and composers mentioned by Hiller
Bibliography.