Introduction to the art of singing / by Johann Friedrich Agricola ; translated and edited by Julianne C. Baird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tosi, Pier Francesco, approximately 1653-1732, author.

Agricola, Johann Friedrich, 1720-1774, author.

Contributor:

Baird, Julianne, editor, translator.

Series:

Cambridge musical texts and monographs.

Cambridge musical texts and monographs

Standardized Title:

Opinioni de' cantori antichi e moderni. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Singing.

Performance practice (Music)--Early works to 1800.

Performance practice (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Agricola published Introduction to the Art of Singing in Germany, in 1757, consisting of the 1723 treatise of the Italian singing teacher and castrato, Tosi, to which Agricola added his own running commentary. The Introduction was recognized as invaluable not only for teachers and their pupils but also for advanced singers and professionals. This present edition, translated with introduction and annotations by the celebrated singer Julianne Baird, makes Agricola's work available in English. Tosi's work was the first basic treatise on singing; Agricola, a pupil of J. S. Bach at the court of Frederick the Great, brought Tosi's work 'up to date'. His commentaries are so extensive that the Introduction stands on its own as an important document in the history of performance practice.

Contents:

Introduction: Agricola's treatise

Introduction to the Art of Singing. 1. Observations for the use of the singing teacher. 2. Concerning appoggiaturas. 3. Concerning trills. 4. Concerning divisions. 5. Concerning recitative. 6. Remarks intended especially for the music student. 7. Concerning arias. 8. Concerning cadenzas. 9. Remarks for the use of the professional singer. 10. Concerning improvised variations of melodies.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Translation of: Anleitung zur Singkunst : aus dem italiänischen des Herrn Peter Franz Tosi / mit Erläuterungen und Zusätzen von Johann Friedrich Agricola (Berlin : G.L. Winter, 1757).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-287) and index.

ISBN:

9781139085595

113908559X

9780511834431

0511834438

9780511518300

0511518307

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07585 hdl