Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller |
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| Author:
| Hiller, Johann Adam |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Beicken, Suzanne J. |
| Contribution by:
| Butt, John
Dreyfus, Laurence |
| Series title: | Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-35870-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $58.99 |
Book Description:
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Hiller's Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation was published in Germany in1780 and is an important manual on vocal technique and performance in the eighteenth-century. This present edition, translated with an introduction and extensive commentary by musicologist Suzanne J. Beicken, makes the treatise available for the first time in English. With its emphasis on practical aspects of ornamentation, declamation and style it will be valuable to instrumentalists as well as singers...
More DescriptionHiller's Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation was published in Germany in1780 and is an important manual on vocal technique and performance in the eighteenth-century. This present edition, translated with an introduction and extensive commentary by musicologist Suzanne J. Beicken, makes the treatise available for the first time in English. With its emphasis on practical aspects of ornamentation, declamation and style it will be valuable to instrumentalists as well as singers and is a significant contribution to the understanding of performance practice in the eighteenth-century.