Bel canto : a performer's guide / Robert Toft.

Author/creator Toft, Robert
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Descriptionviii, 263 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm
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Contents Part one: the principles of Bel canto -- Introduction -- Phrasing -- Altering rhythm and tempo -- Tonal contrast, register, and vibrato -- Ornamentation -- Dramatic action -- Part two: Bel canto in practice -- Handel, "Armida dispietata/Lascia ch'io pianga" (Rinaldo, 1711/1731) -- Handel, "O worse than death indeed/angels ever bright and fair" (Theodora, 1750) -- Gluck, " Sposa Euridice/che faro senza Euridice" (Orfeo ed Euridice, 1762) -- Sarti, "Lungi dal caro bene" (Giulio Sabino, 1781) -- Mozart, "Voi che sapete" (le nozze di Figaro, 1786) -- Mozart (arr. Bishop), " Love! Ever leave me" (the marriage of Figaro, 1819).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-258) and index.
LCCN 2011053392
ISBN9780199832316 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN0199832315 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780199832323 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN0199832323 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Stock numberOxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513 SAN 202-5892