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Introduction to Italian Diction
Much information in this presentation is taken directly from Evelina Colorni’s Singers’ Italian. A Manual of Diction and Phonetics.
PHRASAL DOUBLING
When the final vowel of a […]

Below you will find the PDF sheets of music for several Hello Songs as discussed during the NYSAEYC Seminar on April 30, 2011 free for your download and sampling. The video sequences are demonstrations of each song to give each viewer a guide to implementing these activities in your own classroom. ————— Hello-Hello-Hello-Hello-Hello-Hello (PDF) Hello-Hello-Hello-Hello-Hello-Hello (click for […]

The translations from the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s (1749-1832) “Wehmut” from Erwin und Elmire was set (and partially repeated) in the Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) setting for “Zur Rosenzeit” follows. This song was posthumousely published with five other songs in  his op.48, and “Zur Rosenzeit” falls as the fifth song in this unofficial ‘cycle’. Ihr verblühet, süße Rosen,                           You are wilting, sweet […]

My future may not blow anyone’s mind but here are some thoughts on what would at least come close to being exciting, if not yet entirely possible through technological ‘help’ in the field of music performance. The problem of physical distance seems to be one the larger issues in high quality music making today. Whether […]

My project concept is evolving rather slowly. While gathering the content I can access I have been experimenting with other platforms for my wiki. WordPress still seems ideal, however I am beginning to realize I need a more complex php writing tool. Enter DreamWeaver. Michael Mandiberg helped me out with some ideas from sketchpad to […]

Gutknecht, Dieter. “Performance Practice of Recitativo secco in the first half of the 18 th Century…particularly in Handel’s Operas.” EM 23/3 (2005):473-93. This particular article deals exclusively with the options in performing cadences after a singer has completed a line of recitativo secco in (mostly) Handel’s operas. Performance Practice of recitativo secco in the first half of the 18th century can entail many things, […]

The direct link to this original post (on the class page) is here. Louis Armstrong : After Louis Armstrong’s arrival in Chicago, then New York (Chicago again) eventually putting down roots in NYC continued on he encountered more and more success. He changed the musical, professional and social development of jazz over a long career that lasted for […]

As mentioned in class (only moments ago) here is the url for the Graduate Center DropBox:

http://wfs.gc.cuny.edu/

You should be able to simply log on with your CUNY ID etc, however space might need to be set up by the IT gurus here.

All, I hope class was joyous last night. After getting home lugging my ‘historically accurate Schubert edition’ from which my pianist played, I downloaded the precise score for free here . while trying to wake up I stumbled upon a NY Times article discussing the very same site where I was getting free sheet music from. Per much discussion […]

Please forgive the late listing of this, our first, Motivation. I had hoped to put this up later last week, because I was singing all day Sunday and Monday. With the readings from this week I only have a handful of questions regarding each: Ugoretz: 1. From the ‘Two Roads Diverged’ article I found the […]