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Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller (Cambridge Musical Texts and Monographs) Book

An English translation of an important manual on vocal technique and performance in the eighteenth-century.Read More

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  • Book Description

    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 and is a significant contribution to the understanding of performance practice in the eighteenth-century.

  • 0521358701
  • 9780521358705
  • Johann Adam Hiller
  • 9 March 2006
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 212
  • 1
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