Robert Toft: 2 books
With Passionate Voice
Re-Creative Singing in Sixteenth-Century England and Italy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Musicians in the 16th century had a vastly different understanding of the structure and performance of music than today's performers. In order to transform inexpressively notated music into passionate declamation, Renaissance singers treated scores freely, and it was expected that each would personalize...
Bel Canto
A Performer's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Bel canto, or 'beautiful singing,' remains one of the most elusive performance styles vocalists strive to master. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, composers routinely left the final shaping of recitatives, arias, and songs to performers, and singers treated scores freely so that...