Classic Bel Canto Technique (Dover Books on Music) [Paperback]

Laure-Cinthie Damoreau (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Books on Music | Publication Date: July 10, 1997

An indispensable guide for modern singers, this rare resource offers exercises and instructions for attaining the absolute breath control, vocal sheen, evenness of tone, agility, and elegance of the 18th-century Italian vocal technique. Includes studies for scales, turns and trills, vocalises, solfeggio studies, more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (July 10, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486299848
• ISBN-13: 978-0486299846
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,038,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars good,but doesn't explain anything, February 8, 2008

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S. Huffman ""we could all stand improveme... (Ky,U.S.A) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Bel Canto Technique (Dover Books on Music) (Paperback)

It has plenty of vocal exercises,but it doesn't explain how to do them.

The book "Bel Canto: A Theoretical and Practical Vocal Method"is the better of the two.It explains about the voice and how it works.It also tells you how to do the exercises.

If you just want exercises,this is a good buy.If you want to know how to do the exercises,look else where.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The spirit of the 19th century, January 5, 2007

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Yves Lanthier (Montréal, Québec) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Bel Canto Technique (Dover Books on Music) (Paperback)

This book is just a delightful pedagogy, and a voyage in what was probably the nicest in the spirit of music in the middle of the 19th century.
However, let the author talk, and imagine you're told this not only by your singing teacher, but by any performing art teacher: "Keep on studying...my dear students (...) My wish for you is that you will feel the urge to excel, that you will be on guard against rivalry, and that very soon you will give me the great joy of applauding you".