Charles Amable Battaille : pioneer in vocal science and the teaching of singing / James Richard Joiner.

Author/creator Joiner, James Richard, 1942-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 1998.
Descriptionv, 231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Charles Battaille and nineteenth-century voice science -- Voice science and related pedagogical approaches in nineteenth-century France -- Charles Battaille: a life in performance, teaching, and research -- Battaille's teaching approaches, as drawn from his research and as found in his De la Physiologie Appliquee a l'Etude de la Mechanisme Vocal -- New research in phonation: commentary and translation -- Title Page -- Anatomy -- Laryngoscopy -- Physiology -- The teaching of singing, part II: Physiology as Applied to the Study of the Vocal Mechanism: commentary and translation -- Title Page -- Report of the Committee on Musical Composition of the Academy of Fine Arts -- Explanatory table of anatomical terms -- Prolegomena -- The intervention of general physiological laws with the teaching of singing -- The necessity of vocal exercise -- Blending of the chest and falsetto registers -- The mechanism of the trill: the bleat -- Respiration -- The influence of the pharynx and the vestibule of the glottis -- The method of compensation -- Supplementary considerations -- Appendix of musical examples -- Charles Battaille: a voice for the ages -- A unique place in the history of singing.
Abstract Students and teachers of vocal science and vocal pedagogy won't want to be without Charles Amable Battaille. Though his works have been inaccessible in English until now, both Battaille (1822-1872) and his teacher, Manuel Garcia, were important contributors to the early days of vocal science. Charles Amable Battaille is a study of Battaille's contributions to French vocal science and vocal teaching in the last half of the nineteenth century. Battaille, medical doctor, leading bass of the Opéra Comique, and professor at the Paris Conservatory, was in a unique position to conduct vocal scientific research. Joiner compares the teaching methods of Charles Battaille and those of his teacher, Manuel Garcia, who was one of the first singers to approach vocal investigation from an intensive scientific vantage. It explains the system that Battaille devised from his laryngeal dissections and laryngoscopic observations, and includes full translations from the original French version of Battaille's two books in which he details his discoveries and teaching methods: Nouvelles recherches de la phonation and De la physiologie appliquée à l'étude du mechanisme vocal. This book is the only study or translation of Battaille's work, making it an essential addition to the literature of vocal science and vocal pedagogy. It will serve as a valuable resource to singing teachers, students, and scholars in the field.
General noteIncludes commentary and English translation from the French of Battaille's New research in phonation and his Physiology as applied to the study of vocal mechanism (which is pt. 2 of The teaching of singing).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index.
LCCN 98007975
ISBN0810835339 (alk. paper)

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