Italian Bel Canto in the age of vocal science : the evolution of the art and the science of singing / Joseph Talia.
| Author/creator | Talia, Joseph author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Australia : Australian Academic Press, 2019. |
| Copyright Date | ©2019 |
| Description | xiv, 414 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Italian Bel Canto in the age of vocal science. Effectiveness or efficiency -- What is Italian Bel Canto? -- Bel Canto schools of the first golden age. Scarlatti and Bel Canto ; Antonio Pistocchi and Bel Canto -- Nicola Porpora and the Neapolitan school. Antonio Bernacchi and Bel Canto -- The Naples of Caffarelli and Farinelli. Farinelli, Carlo Broschi ; Summary and analysis of the Porpora method ; Conclusion to the first golden age of singing -- The second golden age of Bel Canto. Rossini and the golden age of Bel Canto. Gioachino Rossini. La PIetra di Paragone ; Tancredi ; L'occasione fa il ladro ; L'italiana in Algeria ; Il Turco in Italia -- Rossini's Neapolitan sojurn. La Gazetta ; Elisabetta Regina d'Inghilterra ; La Gazetta ; Otello: Naples 1816 ; Armida ; La Donna del Lago ; Semiramide ; Guillaume Tell -- Rossini's influence on opera ; Rossini's effect on singing -- Pre-Rossinian vocal characteristics -- Italian vocal pedagogy in the 21st century. Respiration in the age of Bel Canto -- Pronunciation and articulation. Lamperti on pronunciation and resonance. Resonance and articulation ; Enrico Delle Sedie and the scientific approach to resonance ; Vowel chart -- Vocal pedagogy: art or science?. Characteristics of a good singing teacher -- The state of contemporary vocal pedagogy in Italy. Vocal pedagogy in chaos ; The famous singing teacher ; The triumph of nature and science over incompetence -- Respiration in the contemporary Italian school. Anatomy of respiration. Inspiratory muscles: the diaphragm and external intercostal muscles ; The thorax ; The sternum ; The diaphragm -- The intercostal muscles. Internal and external intercostals -- The diaphragm and external intercostals: inspriatory muscles ; The abdominals and internal intercostals: expiratory muscles. The abdominal girdle ; The lungs -- The importance of respiration in the Italian school of singing. Rachele Maragliano Mori on breathing ; Normal respiration ; Instinctive and volitional respiration ; About appoggio ; Appoggio and sostegno ; Exchange of gases guaranteeing life ; The 'belly in' and 'belly out' strategies ; Fussi and Magnani on sostegno and appoggio ; Interaction between sostegno and appoggio ; Appoggio or sostegno ; Clavicular respiration ; Abdominal respiration or affondo ; Elastic recoil force -- Definitions of appoggio -- The development of the appoggio system. Mechanics of appoggio -- Laryngeal physiology and the vibratory system. Carlo Meano. Summary of Meano's work ; Historical perspective - Oskar Schindler ; Schindler next interprets Raul Husson's neurochronaxic theory ; Marco Galignano ; The hypothesis of the mechanical workings of the vocal folds ; The neurochronaxic theory ; The aerodynamic theory ; The myoelastic/aerodynamic ; General description -- Building the instrument. The cartilages. The thyroid cartilage ; The cricoid cartilage ; The arytenoid cartilages ; The epiglottic cartilages -- Marco Galignano and cartilages. The arytenoids -- Anatomy and physiology of the vibratory system: larynx. The cartilages ; The cricoid cartilage ; The thyroid cartilage ; The arytenoid cartilages ; The extrinsic laryngeal muscles ; The intrinsic muscles of the larynx ; The posterior cricoarytenoid muscle ; The interarytenoid transverse muscles ; The oblique interarytenoid muscle ; The aryepiglottic muscle ; The thyroarytenoid muscle superior ; The inferior arytenoid muscle ; The suspensory mechanism: the connection to the hyoid bone ; The infrahyoid muscles ; The suprahyoid muscles ; Interaction between the thryroarytenoid and cricothyroid muscles ; The cricothyroid muscle ; The thyroarytenoid muscles ; The vocal folds ; The lateral cricoarytenoid muscle ; Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle ; The interarytenoid muscle ; Frequency ; Falsetto ; Lowering the frequency ; Intensity ; Breathy and pressed phonation ; Pressed voice ; Conclusions to quality: vocal timbre -- Vocal quality and registers. Registers. Register terminology -- Antonio Juvarra. The larynx ; The vibrator -- Juvarra on the vocal registers and passaggio. Covering -- A 21st century scientific view of registers. Fussi and Magnani 2015 on vocal registers ; Medium registers -- Transition from the empirical system toward the scientific method -- Modern masters on registers. The low registers ; Medium or mixed voice ; The higher register ; Damiani on registers ; Registers and voice classification. Heavy register ; Chest register ; Mixed register -- Sanchez Carbone on registers. Chest register ; High register ; Medium register ; Mixed register -- Conclusion to register -- Vocal onset in the modern Italian school. Prephonatory preparation, breathing and focal points ; Prephonatory preparation: timing and coordination ; Ideal onset begins with apnea ; Psychological aspects of vocal attack ; Conclusions to the Italian approach ; Conclusions. Voice quality ensuing from vocal onset -- The elite singer's zone -- The physiological elements of supraglottic events. The vocal tract ; The pharynx ; Righini on sound waves and formats ; Definition and importance of resonators. The tongue ; Bruno and Paperi on the tongue -- The lips ; Soft palate ; Definition and importance of resonators. Absorbent function ; Inertial impedance function ; Proprioceptive function -- Vocal timbre ; Formants and vocal tract resonances ; Formants and formant tuning. Antonio Juvarra on formats ; Matching formants in the female voice ; Damiani on vowel formants ; Formants and timbres ; The singers formant -- Consonants and articulation. The oropharynx ; Nasopharynx ; Conclusions to consonants -- Appendix A. Muscles of respiration -- Appendix B. Laryngeal musculature -- Appendix C: head and neck muscles. |
| Abstract | For singers, the term bel canto (beautiful singing) denotes the highest technical and aesthetic achievement in vocal culture. A complex mixture of vocal ideals and style that every school of singing claims to teach, but very few can. In this, the third and final volume in a trilogy on the development of vocal science since 1562, Joseph Talia, noted tenor, teacher, researcher, and operatic director, critically evaluates the modern Italian School of bel canto, its connection to the past, and challenges for the future. Over the last fifty years, advances in voice science and teaching have changed much about the fundamentals of teaching singing. For the Italian School, a fountainhead of such deep knowledge and enduring affection, moving forward into the 21st century requires a resolution for duelling paradigms of empiricism versus physiology. This is not just an Italian phenomenon though, but rather an international one. How do we propagate modern advances in knowledge amongst teachers who are less enthusiastic about the physiological and anatomical aspects of voice science than adhering to historical practices? The objective of this book is to explore the trajectory of the old empirical bel canto school, with its proven techniques, vocalizzi and ornamental fioritura, as it progresses towards a new, modern Italian School dominated by scientific knowledge and methodology and physiological objectivity. Italian Bel Canto in the Age of Vocal Science is a vital resource for voice teachers, vocal researchers, serious vocal students, and vocal connoisseurs.It is also a fitting conclusion to a profound and exhaustive study of singing that began with A History of Vocal Pedagogy Intuition and Science (2017), followed by Vocal Science for Elite Singers (2018). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-413). |
| LCCN | 2019401817 |
| ISBN | 9781925644258 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1925644251 |
| ISBN | 9781925644296 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1925644294 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Music | Music Stacks | MT845 .T25 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |