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Treatise on vocal performance and ornamentation /

Hiller's Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation was published in Germany in 1780 and is an important manual on vocal technique and performance in the eighteenth century. Hiller was a masterful educator and was active not only as a teacher but as a critic, composer, conductor and music...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hiller, Johann Adam, 1728-1804
Autres auteurs: Beicken, Suzanne J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Alemán
Publié: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2001.
Collection:Cambridge musical texts and monographs.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • On the qualities of the human voice and its improvement
  • On good performance and how to use the voice
  • On good performance, with regard to text and music
  • On good performance, with regard to ornaments
  • On good performance, with regard to passaggi
  • On good performance, with regard to the various genres of vocal forms and in consideration of performing in various places
  • On cadenzas
  • On arbitrary variation of the aria
  • Appendix. Biographical information on musicians mentioned by Hiller.