Vocal wisdom : maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti / transcribed by William Earl Brown ; supplement edited by Lillian Strongin.

Author/creator Lamperti, Giovanni Battista
Format Book
EditionEnlarged edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Taplinger Publishing Company, [1975?] ©1957.
Description146 pages ; 19 cm.
Subjects
Singing--Quotations, maxims, etc.

SeriesA Crescendo book
Contents Preventing the decadence of the art of singing -- Lamperti maxims -- The most difficult problem -- Desire and reflex -- Introspection -- The mature voice -- Ready to sing -- Overtones -- Working it out alone -- Too many teachers -- Some points -- The golden rule of singing -- The secret of singing -- Know thyself -- What voice have you? -- Singing by reflex -- The dark-light tone -- Vibration, resonance and bi-noises -- Inner and outer muscles -- How do you breathe? -- The glottis must remain inviolate -- Fusing voice and breath -- Vibration -- Faults and stand-stills -- "Crooked singing" -- Un-seen, un-felt energy of the voice -- "Chiaroscuro" -- Compressed breath -- "Attack" -- Focus -- Sinuses -- "Voice-placing" -- Bloom and sing -- The making of a singing artist -- Subconscious power -- Importance of consonants -- Muscles -- Tickle of tone -- Objective -- "Self-control" of tone -- An "artist" -- Union of word, tone and breath -- High tones -- Don't "hum" -- Silent breathing -- Incorporated breath -- Interpretation -- Do not yawn! -- Prescience -- A focused tone -- Solfeggi and vocalizzi -- Escaping breath -- Do not relax -- The soul of a singer -- Lamperti and his pupils -- Letter from Lamperti to W.E.B. -- Supplement. Lamperti notebook ; Selected essays ; Editor's comment.
Abstract The maxims of singing master Giovanni Battista Lamperti have now become classic among students of the voice. They were first written down by a student of Lamperti in the 1890s. Lamperti had in turn learned them from his father, Francisco Lamperti, who gathered them from Presto, Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, et al. The precepts that developed the great voices of the Golden Age of Song are made available in this edition to all vocal students and afficionados of today.
ISBN0800880226 (cloth)
ISBN0800880234 (paperback)

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