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Resonance in Singing and Speaking

Thomas Fillebrown
Voice pedagogy / resonance study · 1911 · English
Thomas Fillebrown. Resonance in Singing and Speaking. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1911.

Fillebrown develops a pedagogical account of resonance, tone placement and the relation between speaking and singing. The text reflects the strong early twentieth-century interest in explaining vocal efficiency through resonating cavities and sensory images.

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Serving Genius: Carlo Maria Giulini

Thomas D. Saler
Conductor biography / oral history · 2010 · English
Thomas D. Saler. Serving Genius: Carlo Maria Giulini. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010.

This biography documents the career and artistic profile of Carlo Maria Giulini, placing conducting practice, institutional appointments, repertoire, rehearsals, recordings and professional networks within a chronological life narrative. It is particularly useful for reconstructing how twentieth-century orchestral culture was shaped by individual conductors and by the ensembles, opera…

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Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music

John Lucas
Conductor biography · 2008 · English
John Lucas. Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2008. ISBN 1843834022.

This biography documents the career and artistic profile of Sir Thomas Beecham, placing conducting practice, institutional appointments, repertoire, rehearsals, recordings and professional networks within a chronological life narrative. It is particularly useful for reconstructing how twentieth-century orchestral culture was shaped by individual conductors and by the ensembles, opera…

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The Appreciation of Music — Volume I

Thomas Whitney Surette and Daniel Gregory Mason
Music appreciation / listening guide · 1907 · English
Thomas Whitney Surette and Daniel Gregory Mason. The Appreciation of Music — Volume I: A practical guide for intelligent listening. New York: The H. W. Gray Co., sole agents for Novello & Co., Ltd., 1907.

Surette and Mason teach concentrated listening through motives, phrases, variation and form, then place these principles in historical perspective and apply them to repertory without requiring professional theoretical training.

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Music and Life

Thomas Whitney Surette
Music appreciation / aesthetics · 1917 · English
Thomas Whitney Surette. Music and Life. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917.

Connects musical listening and study with broader questions of education, culture, community and personal development.

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The Loves of Great Composers

Gustav Kobbé
Biographical essays / reception history · 1904 · English
Gustav Kobbé. The Loves of Great Composers. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1904.

Narrates romantic relationships and private lives of major composers, reflecting the biographical tastes of its period.

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Richard Wagner and His World

Richard Wagner · 2009 · English · 5.6 MB
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Critical Study related to Richard Wagner, by Richard Wagner.

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Schubert and His Work by Herbert F. Peyser

Herbert F. Peyser · 1948 · English · 1.6 MB
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Book / Essay related to Franz Schubert, by Herbert F. Peyser.

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