Tenor : history of a voice /

John Potter begins by surveying the prehistory of the tenor in the medieval period, when Gregorian chant and early polyphony had implications for a voice-type, and proceeds to the sixteenth century, when singers were first identified as tenors. He focuses on many of the greatest tenors-- those who p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Potter, John (Tenor) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2009]
Temas:
Tenors (Singers) > History.
Singing > History.
Ténors (Chanteurs) > Histoire.
Chant > Histoire.
MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Voice.
Tenores > Historia
Singing
Tenors (Singers)
Tenor > Stimmlage
Zangers.
Mannen.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The prehistory of the voice
  • Handel, Mozart and the tenor-castrato connection
  • Nourrit, Duprez and the tenorino d'hier
  • The tenor as artist
  • Caruso and the Italian succession
  • The romantic tenor hero
  • Splendid isolationists? : the British Isles in the twentieth century
  • France and the decline of linguistic lyricism
  • Russia and the preservation of lost traditions
  • The twentieth-century Heldentenor
  • Post-war losses and gains.

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