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With passionate voice : re-creative singing in 16th-century England and Italy /

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'With Passionate Voice' gives modern singers of Renaissance music the tools to learn and master the art of 're-creative singing'. Providing a much-needed historically-informed perspective, author Robert Toft discusses the music of composers ranging from Marchetto Cara to John Dow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toft, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Vocal music > England > 16th century > History and criticism.
Vocal music > Italy > 16th century > History and criticism.
Singing > England > History > 16th century.
Singing > Italy > History > 16th century.
Vocal music > Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Performance practice (Music) > History > 16th century.
Musique vocale > Angleterre > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Musique vocale > Italie > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Chant > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Chant > Italie > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Musique vocale > Interprétation.
Pratique de l'exécution (Musique) > Histoire > 16e siècle.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
Performance practice (Music)
Singing
Vocal music
England
Italy
1500-1599
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: An age of rhetorical persuasion
  • Part 1. Preparing the text. Words appropriately fitted to the notes
  • Part 2. Elocutio : fine words and music. Every trope, every figure
  • Part 3. Pronunciatio : singing eloquently and acting aptly. The art of vocal delivery ; A garden of embellishment ; Action
  • Part 4. Passionate ayres pronounced. The prosopopoeia in England ; Affetto cantando and consort singing in Italy
  • Appendix. Understanding learned compositions
  • The addition of sharps and flats.