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With passionate voice : re-creative singing in 16th-century England and Italy
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Toft, Robert, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vocal music--History and criticism--16th century--England.
- Vocal music.
- Vocal music--History and criticism--16th century--Italy.
- Singing--History--16th century--England.
- Singing.
- Singing--History--16th century--Italy.
- Vocal music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)--16th century.
- Performance practice (Music)--History.
- Performance practice (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'With Passionate Voice' gives modern singers of Renaissance music the tools to learn and master the art of 're-creative singing'. Providing a much-needed historically-informed perspective, author Robert Toft discusses the music of composers ranging from Marchetto Cara to John Dowland in the context of late Renaissance rhetoric, modal theory, and performance traditions.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 18, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-938206-9
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