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The History and Technique of the Counter-tenor: v. 1


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This text surveys the history, the present position and the possible future of the counter-tenor voice: it examines the male head-register from its early origins as the "falsetto" effect to its position today. Part One, History, covers many aspects of the counter-tenor voice: its development, the Classical period, Bach and the later classical period, the forgotten decades (about 1904 to about 1934) and the post-war renaissance. Part Two, Technique, covers, with the aid of technical diagrams, the vocal mechanism, registers and ranges, the "feigned voice" and early theorists, the falsetto family and pitches. The book adopts something of an alternative approach to a controversial, historical musical subject. Though it owes much to conventional, convergent method, the importance of divergence and intuitive thinking is stressed too. Standard musicology is complemented rather than complimented. Though championing and celebrating the counter-tenor voice range, the author is by no means uncritical of some aspects of it, as heard at present. This book should be valuable reading for all those interested in this small-voice family: an important survivor from male-voice training methods which were swept away in the 19th century.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 History: the status quo; the crucible; developments; the classic period and beyond; Bach; Germany and the later classic period and decline in England; male high voices recorded in the forgotten decades c1904-c1934; the post-war renaissance. Part 2 Technique: vocal mechanism; more on registers and range; renaissance - "feigned voice" and early theorists; the falsetto family, the counter-tenor and tenor; pitches - counter-tenor ranges and styles.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780859679312
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Scolar Press
  • Height: 197 mm
  • Weight: 1125 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0859679314
  • Publisher Date: 07 Dec 1995
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Sub Title: v. 1
  • Width: 255 mm


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