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Book SynopsisWith Passionate Voice gives modern singers of Renaissance music the tools to learn and master the art of "re-creative singing." Providing a much-needed historically-informed perspective, author Robert Toft discusses the music of composers ranging from Marchetto Cara to John Dowland in the context of late Renaissance rhetoric, modal theory, and performance traditions.
Trade ReviewAlthough I studied this period whilst reading music at Oxford, it then seemed very dry and not at all passionate ... I am sure that my reaction to the academic study of this music would have been very different if this book had been on the shelves all those years ago! s
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; An Age of Rhetorical Persuasion ; Part 1 Preparing the Text ; Words Appropriately Fitted to the Notes ; Part 2 Elocutio : Fine Words and Music ; Every Trope, Every Figure ; Part 3 Pronunciatio: Singing Eloquently and Acting Aptly ; 1. The Art of Vocal Delivery ; All the Senses Satisfied ; Accent and Emphasis ; Pronouncing Distinctly ; Figures and Passionate Ornaments Made Manifest ; 2. A Garden of Embellishment ; Divisions ; Graces ; Part Songs ; 3. Action ; Part 4 Passionate Ayres Pronounced ; 1. The Prosopopoeia in England ; John Dowland, <"Sorrow stay>" ; John Dowland, <"In darknesse let mee dwell>" ; 2. Affetto cantando and Consort Singing in Italy ; Giulio Caccini, <"Deh dove son fuggiti>" ; Claudio Monteverdi, <"Baci soavi e cari>" ; Appendix ; Understanding Learned Compositions ; The Addition of Sharps and Flats ; Glossary ; References ; Index
