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Bel canto : a performer's guide / Robert Toft.

By: Toft, RobertMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 304 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780199832316 (hbk.) :; 0199832315 (hbk.) :; 9780199832323 (pbk.) :; 0199832323 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Bel canto | MusicDDC classification: 783'.043 Summary: The art of bel canto, or 'beautiful singing,' is perhaps the most referenced and yet the most enigmatic and elusive style in the repertoire of the classically trained singer. During the bel canto era of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, composers routinely left the final shaping of recitatives, arias, and songs to performers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The art of bel canto, or 'beautiful singing,' is perhaps the most referenced and yet the most enigmatic and elusive style in the repertoire of the classically trained singer. During the bel canto era of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, composers routinely left the final shaping of recitatives, arias, and songs to performers.

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