Bel canto : a performer's guide / Robert Toft.
| Author/creator | Toft, Robert |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013. |
| Description | viii, 263 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Additional Information at Google Books |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011053392 |
| ISBN | 9780199832316 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0199832315 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780199832323 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0199832323 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Stock number | Oxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513 SAN 202-5892 |