Author : Sara K. Schneider
Publisher : Pendragon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780945193623
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (936 download)
Book Synopsis Concert Song as Seen by : Sara K. Schneider
Download or read book Concert Song as Seen written by Sara K. Schneider and published by Pendragon Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The substantive value of a performer's presence in co-creating a musical art work is examined in Schneider's insightful new book. Recital singing is placed within the history of solo performance since the baroque period (especially with reference to rhetorical style and eighteenth-century acting technique). A first-hand look at modern conservatory training highlights the pedagogical styles (and their effects on learning) of Antonia Lavane (Mannes College of Music), Cynthia Hoffman (Manhattan School of Music), and Paul Sperry (Juilliard School). The solutions that singers have found, or in the case of performers deconstructing the song tradition, have created to address the problem of a musically determined gesture, will surely benefit the professional singer, the teacher, and the student of voice.