The Versatile Vocalist: Singing Authentically in Contrasting Styles and Idioms
ISBN: 9780810853515 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The art of singing is constantly evolving and reflecting our changing world, proving the importance of versatility for opening oneself to other cultures and styles, enriching the experience of communicating with the human voice, and most importantly, enjoying more opportunities for professional performance. While singers explore the myriad ways to communicate emotion and ideas, they experiment with different timbres, instruments, languages, and musical genres. As situations vary, the demands on the voice as a musical instrument, and the act of singing itself, must be modified. In this follow...
The art of singing is constantly evolving and reflecting our changing world, proving the importance of versatility for opening oneself to other cultur...
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297,00 zł |
The Singer's Repertoire, Part III: Lyric and Dramatic Tenor, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780810857094 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A timeless classic. Includes 8,200 songs in 818 lists for nine voice classifications; indexed by composer, title, vocal range, and publisher.
A timeless classic. Includes 8,200 songs in 818 lists for nine voice classifications; indexed by composer, title, vocal range, and publisher.
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363,63 zł |
Singing: The First Art
ISBN: 9780810857117 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Italian singing technique Bel Canto instructs, "He who knows how to breathe and how to pronounce, knows how to sing." Singing: The First Art incorporates the techniques of Bel Canto along with those of masters like Berton Coffin and Manuel Garcia to promote and facilitate vocal excellence. Many concepts are described, from correct posture and alignment to improving and maintaining proper breathing, from good pronunciation and diction to producing an even, pure tone, and from vocal ranges to singing within and smoothly shifting between vocal registers. Mannes Vocal Faculty member Dan H....
The Italian singing technique Bel Canto instructs, "He who knows how to breathe and how to pronounce, knows how to sing." Singing: The First Art incor...
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727,01 zł |
The Singer's Repertoire, Part IV: Baritone and Bass
ISBN: 9780810857155 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in paperback! A timeless classic. Includes 8,200 songs in 818 lists for nine voice classifications; indexed by composer, title, vocal range, and publisher. The complete work represents the living song repertoire of today drawn from recital programs, recordings, broadcasts, telecasts, and other sources, and is comprised of Part I: Coloratura, Lyric and Dramatic Soprano, Part II: Mezzo Soprano and Contralto, Part III: Lyric and Dramatic Tenor, and Part IV: Baritone and Bass.
Now in paperback! A timeless classic. Includes 8,200 songs in 818 lists for nine voice classifications; indexed by composer, title, vocal range, and p...
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363,63 zł |
The Versatile Vocalist: Singing Authentically in Contrasting Styles and Idioms
ISBN: 9780810857414 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book discusses the musical considerations, vocal production, and kinesthetic feedback inherent to performing persuasively in a variety of styles and idioms, with observations of professional vocalists, instrumentalists, and voice teachers who have successfully crossed over into contrasting idioms.
The book discusses the musical considerations, vocal production, and kinesthetic feedback inherent to performing persuasively in a variety of styles a...
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502,93 zł |
Choral Masterworks from Bach to Britten: Reflections of a Conductor
ISBN: 9780810859036 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a series of discussions about sixteen choral masterworks, facilitating conductors, singers, and instrumentalists who regularly perform these works and wish to know them in greater detail. Celebrated compositions such as Bach's Mass in B Minor, Mahler's 8th Symphony, Verdi's Requiem, and Britten's War Requiem, are examined in terms of textual symbolism, musical structure, and identification of endearing traits of each work.
This book presents a series of discussions about sixteen choral masterworks, facilitating conductors, singers, and instrumentalists who regularly perf...
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545,32 zł |
Walt Whitman and Modern Music: War, Desire, and the Trials of Nationhood
ISBN: 9780815331544 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Walt Whitman's poetry, especially his Civil War poetry, attracted settings by a wide variety of modern composers in both English- and German-speaking countries. The essays in this volume trace the transformation of Whitman's nineteenth-century texts into vehicles for confronting twentieth-century problems-aesthetic, social, and political. The contributors pay careful attention to music and poetry alike in examining how the Whitman settings become exemplary means of dealing with both the tragic and utopian faces of modernism. The book is accompanied by a CD recording by Joan Heller and Thomas...
Walt Whitman's poetry, especially his Civil War poetry, attracted settings by a wide variety of modern composers in both English- and German-speaking ...
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468,57 zł |
The Essential Bach Choir
ISBN: 9780851157863 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What type of choir did Bach have in mind as he created his cantatas, Passions and Masses? How many singers were at his disposal in Leipzig, and in what ways did he deploy them in his own music?Seeking to understand the very medium of Bach's incomparable choral output, Andrew Parrott investigates a wide range of sources: Bach's own writings, and the scores and parts he used in performance, but also a variety of theoretical, pictorial and archival documents, together with the musical testimony of the composer's forerunners and contemporaries.Many of the findings shed a surprising, even...
What type of choir did Bach have in mind as he created his cantatas, Passions and Masses? How many singers were at his disposal in Leipzig, and in wha...
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The Study of Medieval Chant: Paths and Bridges, East and West. in Honor of Kenneth Levy
ISBN: 9780851158006 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gregorian chant was the dominant liturgical music of the medieval period, from the time it was adopted by Charlemagne's court in the eighth century; but for centuries afterwards it competed with other musical traditions, local repertories from the great centres of Rome, Milan, Ravenna, Benevento, Toledo, Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Kievan Rus, and comparative study of these chant traditions can tell us much about music, liturgy, literacy and culture a thousand years ago. This is the first book-length work to look at the issues in a global, comprehensive way, in the manner of the work of...
Gregorian chant was the dominant liturgical music of the medieval period, from the time it was adopted by Charlemagne's court in the eighth century; b...
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572,76 zł |
Music Makers: A Guide to Singing in a Chorus or Choir with a Short History of Choral Music
ISBN: 9780865344495 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the film "De-Lovely," Cole Porter admonishes the chorus of "Kiss Me Kate" to snap out their consonants. This book is not only about consonants, but also about vowels, breathing, round sounds and head tones--just a few of the many techniques discussed that will improve your singing in a choir or chorus or any group. It is written with the amateur in mind, but it is just as valuable for the professional. A brief history of choral singing from prehistory to the 21st Century is included. GERALD G. HOTCHKISS has sung in Christian and Jewish choirs, choruses, in octets, quartets, duets,...
In the film "De-Lovely," Cole Porter admonishes the chorus of "Kiss Me Kate" to snap out their consonants. This book is not only about consonants, but...
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81,97 zł |
Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer Book/Online Audio [With CD]
ISBN: 9780876390474 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Berklee Press). The vocal workouts in this much-anticipated follow-up to Peckham's bestselling The Contemporary Singer are based on Berklee College of Music's highly effective vocal method. This volume will help vocalists develop the voice through good vocal health, warm-up exercises, advanced techniques, stage performance advice and more. Also includes sing-along tracks to support your workout. Audio is accessed online for download or streaming and contains PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and...
(Berklee Press). The vocal workouts in this much-anticipated follow-up to Peckham's bestselling The Contemporary Singer are based on Berklee College o...
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129,74 zł |
Care of the Professional Voice: A Guide to Voice Management for Singers, Actors and Professional Voice Users
ISBN: 9780878301904 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume should become a staple of every singer/actor's library. -- James Morris, Metropolitan Opera Anyone whose voice is their livelihood will welcome this succinct and user-friendly book. -- Sir Anthony Hopkins Singer and actors are a unique group of performers, relying almost entirely on their voice for the professional livelihood. Jet lag, amplification, allergens, stress, pollution, and vocal strain all affect vocal performance. Written for the performer, the teacher, and the vocal coach, Care of the Professional Voice offers clear explanations and medical advice on vocal problems...
This volume should become a staple of every singer/actor's library. -- James Morris, Metropolitan Opera Anyone whose voice is their livelihood will we...
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223,85 zł |
The Four Voices of Man
ISBN: 9780879100995 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The distinguished Metropolitan Opera basso Jerome Hines provides a wealth of information and advice for all those who have embarked on -- or plan to embark on a serious singing career. From basic information on how the head and body combine to produce vocal sound, he goes on to analyse the 'four voices' encompassed by the singer's one voice, always explaining how through proper technique and training that voice can achieve its ultimate in power, grace and beauty.
The distinguished Metropolitan Opera basso Jerome Hines provides a wealth of information and advice for all those who have embarked on -- or plan to e...
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99,50 zł |
Singing and the Etheric Tone
ISBN: 9780880103565 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Singing and the Etheric Tone introduces a practical, joyful approach to singing that draws its strength and inspiration from Gracia Ricardo's work with Rudolf Steiner. Chapter 1 deals with the tone, the onset of the tone, the humming approach, and the relations between vowels, consonants, words, and phrases. Chapter 2 goes into the voice, how to build a voice and extend its range. Chapter 3 develops the idea of blending the vocal registers, the placement of the voice, embellishments, resonance, and diction. Finally, the book moves on to some professional tips...
Singing and the Etheric Tone introduces a practical, joyful approach to singing that draws its strength and inspiration from Gracia Rica...
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69,00 zł |
On Singers and Singing
ISBN: 9780931340222 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As composer, critic, and music director of the Paris Opera, Reynaldo Hahn embodied the refined taste of La Belle Epoque. This book is a series of nine lectures Hahn delivered in 1913 and 1914, concerned primarily with style and taste rather than technique.
As composer, critic, and music director of the Paris Opera, Reynaldo Hahn embodied the refined taste of La Belle Epoque. This book is a series of nine...
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218,27 zł |
Nail Your Next Audition, the Ultimate 30-Day Guide for Singers
ISBN: 9780978752101 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Critically acclaimed soprano Janet Williams has put together a step by step guide to help classical singers conquer nerves, incorporate the four essential elements of optimal performance, and win auditions in as little as 30 days. Includes exercises and worksheets for performance enhancing strategies to be incorporated into the singer's daily practice routine.
Critically acclaimed soprano Janet Williams has put together a step by step guide to help classical singers conquer nerves, incorporate the four essen...
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145,31 zł |
The Art of Singing
ISBN: 9781411608214 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Art of Singing is America's Best Selling Book on Singing. It is an explanation of The Rules of Singing and everything that you would want to know about Singing. It focuses attention on a Singer's desires, goals interests, needs, passions, and wants. It is the definitive text on Singing.
The Art of Singing is America's Best Selling Book on Singing. It is an explanation of The Rules of Singing and everything that you would want to know ...
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154,18 zł |
On Singing Onstage
ISBN: 9781557830432 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Applause Acting Series). A terrific take on theatre singing by a master teacher. "David Craig knows more about singing in the musical theatre than anyone in this country which probably means the world. Time and time again his advice and training have resulted in actors moving from non-musical theatre into musicals with ease and expertise. SHORT OF TAKING CLASSES, THIS BOOK IS A MUST." Harold Prince
(Applause Acting Series). A terrific take on theatre singing by a master teacher. "David Craig knows more about singing in the musical theatre than an...
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82,15 zł |
The Christmas Carol Reader
ISBN: 9781560238720 / Angielski / Miękka / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like that Biblical, astronomical star of Bethlehem, The Christmas Carol Reader guides readers on their quest for information about Christmas songs. Studwell gathers a composite picture of the world's most important and famous carols and includes an ample selection of lesser-known Christmas songs. All of the carols are presented in their historical and cultural contexts which adds to readers'understanding and appreciation of the songs.As the only book that covers this elusive topic, The Christmas Carol Reader informs and entertains readers on over 200 songs of all types (sacred and...
Like that Biblical, astronomical star of Bethlehem, The Christmas Carol Reader guides readers on their quest for information about Christmas songs. St...
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270,71 zł |
The Christmas Carol Reader
ISBN: 9781560249740 / Angielski / Twarda / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anecdotes of the origins and history of over 200 songs associated with Christmas. The section of sacred perspectives includes groups of songs on such topics as the birth of Jesus, angels, shepherds, spirituals, and joy. The secular section includes winter fun, the tree and decorations, caroling, Santa Claus, animals, novelty songs, and memories. In
Anecdotes of the origins and history of over 200 songs associated with Christmas. The section of sacred perspectives includes groups of songs on such ...
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702,94 zł |