{"product_id":"we-sang-better-vol-2-why-it-was-better-2-further-evidence-reasoning-from-singers-1800-1960-9788494047794","title":"We Sang Better: Vol.2 Why it Was Better: 2: Further Evidence \u0026 Reasoning from Singers 1800-1960","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWE SANG BETTER consists of two volumes of very clear advice about singing from great singers of the past. Volume 2 (ISBN 978-84-940477-9-4) is entitled 'Why it was better' and contains further evidence and reasoning from singers 1800 to 1960.  This volume is 260 pages long, and contains 20 illustrations. 'One very important thing right from the start,' said Puccini's star soprano Maria Jeritza, '- not to scream and not to force.' As Volume 1 made clear, the best singers of this period approached their art and their training gently. They built slowly upon the individual voice granted by nature.  Volume 2 gives further proof that many of these singers knew exactly what they were doing and why. They were highly aware that singing can go wrong. But they said if you wanted superlative singing you had to keep approaching it their way. You would never master supreme singing: if you put your trust in scientific 'discoveries' or 'fixes; if you rushed your training or forced; or if you tried to copy some academic 'style'.  The original Italian model for singers was uncomplicated: the aim was to be natural, spontaneous and simple. And, as Puccini added, 'We Italians love beauty of sound.' This volume takes evidence from the singers on dozens of topics such as: pressure, exercises, 'forward', dans le masque, covering, 'from the chest', voix sombree, portamento, attack, vowel modifications, support, golden ages, keeping up with instrumentalists, listening to others, performances of early music, etc - and also on the question of whether singing is a science, an art, or even something more - something spiritual.  For your information, the first volume (ISBN 978-84-940477-8-7) is entitled 'How we sang' and contains 250 tips on how to sing from singers 1800 to 1960; the first volume is 490 pages long, and contains 130 illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anderson's trawl through the annals of singing has been generous and wide-ranging ...  Books on singing are prone to obtuseness and pedantry [but] Anderson's two-volume survey ... brings the subject to life ... the books are full of little bursts of insight and big-hearted moments of inspiration.\" (OPERA NOW)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CONTENTS OF VOLUME 2  Part II  Issues  Effort    Pressure    Force    From the chest   Throat and larynx   Chest voice  Head and headiness   Forward   Breathing   Support  Dans le masque   Legato and diction    Breath control   Covering and closed   Attack   A science of voice-production?   Ideals   Vowel modifications   Registers   Playing around with registers   Voix sombree    Those tenor high notes   Exercises    Criticism   Spontaneity   Natural tones and carrying power   Portamento   Varying the volume  Vibrancy   Expansiveness and expression Complicated or simple?       Part III  Cycles  Cycles   Golden ages come and go   Why do golden ages not last?   Instrumentalists   Singers can be more like instrumentalists    Success in any art-form needs a basic grounding   Where are we now?      Part IV   So are there lessons from the past  we can apply now?  Concentrate on ability first, then you can tackle any style    Use the past for your benefit   Singing is finally up to you, not anyone else    The twelve differences   Some recent and good advice   Stick to the ideals and ignore the closed minds!    Pure and beautiful sounds: bells, for instance    Example of Patti    'Expansive sensibility'   The present early music situation    Example of Battistini    Pure singing on its own    A science?   An art   Even something more      Part V  Some fun things  Singers in court   Two raconteurs tell of their singing lessons   Body parts   Waiting in the Green Room   Rossini sings for Addenbrooke's Hospital   You don't need to copy these pictures   The price of the claque at the Grand Opera   A singer rehearses an orchestra   Heroism in performance   The trill (Vol.2 also contains)  The reference, bibliography and illustration lists of Volume 1  The reference, bibliography and illustration lists of Volume 2  The main cast list  A subsidiary list of characters \u0026amp;  also of places  A final note","brand":"Beuthen AMR S.L.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772155003223,"sku":"9788494047794","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-sang-better-vol-2-why-it-was-better-2-further-evidence-reasoning-from-singers-1800-1960-9788494047794","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}