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Tenor: History of a Voice 9780300160024
Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
1 The Prehistory of the Voice
2 Handel,Mozart and the Tenor–Castrato Connection
3 Nourrit, Duprez and the Tenorino d’hier
4 The Tenor as Artist
5 Caruso and the Italian Succession
6 The Romantic Tenor Hero
7 Splendid Isolationists? The British Isles in the Twentieth Century
8 France and the Decline of Linguistic Lyricism
9 Russia and the Preservation of Lost Traditions
10 The Twentieth-century Heldentenor
11 Post-war Losses and Gains
NOTES
BIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF TENORS
Audio, Video and Website Sources
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index
Citation preview
T e n or John Potter sang tenor for many years with the Hilliard Ensemble and spent twelve years at the University of York, where he was Reader in Music. He records for ECM and performs, lectures and coaches widely in Europe and the USA. His website is: http://www.john-potter.co.uk
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TENOR HISTORY OF A VOICE JOHN POTTER
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDON
Copyright © 2009 by John Potter First printed in paperback 2010 All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying p
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1645 Death of British composer William Lawes in Chester.
1667 Birth of composer Jean-Louis Lully.
1735 FP of Hasse: “Tito Vespasiano” in Dresden.
1748 Birth of composer Philipp Meissner.
1754 FP of Gluck: “Le Cinesi” in Vienna.
1761 Birth of composer Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen.
1773 Birth of composer Johann Philipp Christian Schulz.
1779 FP of Gluck: “Echo et Narcisse” Paris.
1806 Birth of Irish composer and pianist George Alexander Osborne.
1813 Death of Belgian-born French composer André Grétry.
1806 Birth of composer George Alexander Osborne
1819 FP of Rossini: “La Donna del largo” Naples.
1834 Birth of French conductor and violinist Charles Lamoreux in Bordeaux.
1838 Death of French clarinetist, bassoonist, and composer Friedrich Berr.
1863 Birth of American bandmaster William Henry Santelmann.
1879 Birth of Swedish soprano Signe Von Rappe, in Stockholm.
1885 Birth of Estonian composer Arthur Lemba.
1888 Birth of English baritone Summer Austin in London.
1891 Death of Austrian soprano Marie Wilt.
1891 Birth of Swedish soprano Karin Branzell.
1892 Death of Irish-American bandmaster and composer Patrick Gilmore.
1893 Birth of Spanish composer Rafael Mil
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