The learned music from the second half of the xxe century to our days remains for many singers a virgin forest where one dares not venture. The incredible diversity of aesthetics and languages may seem stunning, yet it allows all sensibilities to find a singular path in it. To use these languages, to appropriate them, is to open the voice to all possible.
This book offers keys to discovering, feeling, interpreting and transmitting the contemporary repertoire. With a detailed catalogue of more than one hundred and fifty chamber music works – type of voice, ambitus, level of difficulty, technical commentary, historical and aesthetic points, it offers vocal and musical techniques tools for performers, singing and musical training teachers, as well as for composers or anyone wishing to extend his knowledge on the voice and repertoire of today.
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ISBN 9782364852501, 40,99 €
Summary
- Acknowledgements1-4
- Foreword5-8
- Instructions for use9-10
- Historical landmarks11-20
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Part I : Vocal technique, fundamentals
- Introduction23-32
- The body-instrument33-48
- Breathing, awareness and adaptation49-92
- Phonation, sound amplification and pitch modulation93-154
- Ranges and types of voices155-158
- Phonetics and pronunciation159-182
- The hearing183-186
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Part II : Vocal and music technique applied to the repertoire
- Free improvisation and pedagogy189-208
- Chanting (parlé-chanté)209-250
- Rythm251-342
- Intonation and atonality343-378
- Micro-intervals379-410
- Timbre411-512
- Ornementation513-542
- Open work543-582
- Voice and electronics583-608
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Appendices
- Catalogue of works611-671
- Works by level and alphabetical order672-683
- Bibliography684-891
- Index of works692-697
- Index of persons698-704
Interview
Listen to the interview of Valérie Philippin with France Musique on 2017 May, 24th.
Press panorama
Anyone with a close interest in the voice should place this book firmly in their library – and on their bedside table – and not just those curious about contemporary music. Any young singer, singing teacher or music lover with a passion for the voice will find here the essential resource for considering the voice as it is expressed today in the contemporary field, and as it can be experienced from within or taught from without – whatever the repertoire. An achievement to be highly commended.
Chantal Cazaux, L’Avant-Scène Opéra
This fascinating book will be of use to anyone (from professional singers and performers to the curious music lover) who is interested in the voice in contemporary music. The analysis of the examples given is accompanied by practical advice on interpretation, which is invaluable for both singers and instrumentalists involved in this music. This book, which covers the entire field of the contemporary voice in all its complexity, can only enrich the knowledge of all those interested in contemporary music and serve as a primary tool for singers.
Cristina Agosti-Gherban Cazaux, Assadem
Playlist
Proposed by Jeff Lagoutte with the pieces examined in the book.