Concert song as seen : kinesthetic aspects of musical interpretation / Sara K. Schneider.

Author/creator Schneider, Sara K.
Format Book
Publication InfoStuyvesant, NY : Pendragon Press, 1994.
Descriptionvii, 90 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: The Performance of Concert Song -- I. Baroque Influences on Contemporary Style -- II. Modern Conservatory Training -- III. Deconstructions of the Recital -- IV. Closing Words: Gesture in Song -- Appendix: Performance of Popular Song: Elements of Contrast with Classical Style.
Abstract The substantive value of a performer's presence in co-creating a musical art work is examined in Schneider's insightful new book. Recital singing is placed within the history of solo performance since the baroque period (especially with reference to rhetorical style and eighteenth-century acting technique). A first-hand look at modern conservatory training highlights the pedagogical styles (and their effects on learning) of Antonia Lavane (Mannes College of Music), Cynthia Hoffman (Manhattan School of Music), and Paul Sperry (Juilliard School). The solutions that singers have found, or in the case of performers deconstructing the song tradition, have created to address the problem of a musically determined gesture, will surely benefit the professional singer, the teacher, and the student of voice.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 85-90).
LCCN 93040766
ISBN0945193491
ISBN9780945193494

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk MT892 .S36 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold