Exploring twentieth-century vocal music : a practical guide to innovations in performance and repertoire / Sharon Mabry.

Publisher's description: The vocal repertoire of the twentieth century--including works by Schoenberg, Boulez, Berio, Larsen, and Vercoe--presents exciting opportunities for singers to stretch their talents and demonstrate their vocal flexibility. Contemporary composers can be very demanding of...

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Main Author: Mabry, Sharon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: New Directions; 1 The Art of Singing Twentieth-Century Music; 2 Choosing Appropriate Repertoire; 3 Vocal Requirements of Twentieth-Century Music: Common Characteristics; 4 Vocal Coloration; Part II: Nontraditional Notation and Extended Vocal Techniques; 5 The New Language of Notation; 6 Vocal Hybrids: Sprechstimme and Recitation; 7 Nontextual Sonic Vocabularies; 8 Vocal Effects; Appendix A: SAMPLE PROGRAMS; Appendix B: SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE; Appendix C: SOURCES FOR COMPOSER AND SCORE LOCATION; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U.