The Technics of Bel Canto (1905)

Download or read book The Technics of Bel Canto (1905) written by Giovanni Battista Lamperti and published by Gregory Blankenbehler. This book was released on 2009-08-29 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Die Technik des Bel Canto" (1905) -- Extended Edition.As the last of the great master-teachers of the "old Italian school" of singing, Giovanni Battista Lamperti taught his students virtuosic vocal techniques handed down from the great castrati of the 17th century: exquisitely rich chiaroscuro tone, seamless flowing legato phrasing, undetectable passaggi register transitions and the delicately poised appoggio breath technique that allowed the astonishingly rapid coloratura typical of baroque music. In the only treatise he ever wrote, Lamperti the younger shares with all students, teachers and enthusiasts of singing, the techniques and skills that made his students that greatest singers of their time: the arcane secrets of bel canto.