A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-century Music: Edited by Stewart CarterStewart Carter This is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. |
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... articulation to work easily . The glottal action can be harder or softer depending on the degree of clarity desired ; the Italians apparently used a harder articulation than the French . In 1639 André Maugars observed that the Italians ...
... articulation to work easily . The glottal action can be harder or softer depending on the degree of clarity desired ; the Italians apparently used a harder articulation than the French . In 1639 André Maugars observed that the Italians ...
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... articulation ) , good diction , and proper pronunci- ation . We can establish from Praetorius that the Germans ca. 1620 , like the Italians ca. 1600 , used throat articulation , prized the development of good breath control , and did ...
... articulation ) , good diction , and proper pronunci- ation . We can establish from Praetorius that the Germans ca. 1620 , like the Italians ca. 1600 , used throat articulation , prized the development of good breath control , and did ...
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... articulation fell out of favor . Glottal articulation is quite effective in intimate performance venues , but it is virtually inaudible in the far reaches of a large hall . By the late seventeenth century , according to Tosi , there ...
... articulation fell out of favor . Glottal articulation is quite effective in intimate performance venues , but it is virtually inaudible in the far reaches of a large hall . By the late seventeenth century , according to Tosi , there ...
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Bel canto Style | 30 |
ANNE HARRINGTON | 43 |
GARY TOWNE Vocal Ensembles | 54 |
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