Singing And Imagination: A Human Approach to a Great Musical Tradition - Softcover

Hemsley, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198790163 ISBN 13: 9780198790167

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2000

Synopsis

This book is written on the belief that the essential basic principles underlying good singing are in themselves rather few, and very simple, but that their application is amazingly varied in light of the individual's needs. It is not intended as a manual of voice production, and does not concern itself with medical matters, nor directly with anatomy, physiology, and acoustics. While not belittling the value of appropriate scientific investigation, Thomas Hemsley believes that modern methods of training have gone too far in the direction of the materialistic approach; that singing in all its aspects and at all times should be guided by the imagination, the feelings, and the intuition; that we have become so pre-occupied by voice per se and the vocal function since the advent of vocal science, that we too easily forget that singing is not voice, but modification of voice - "not only a language through which we understand the emotions of others, but also a means of exciting our sympathy with such emotions," (H. Spencer). This book can be seen as an attempt to redress the balance.

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About the Author

Distinguished opera and concert singer, now retired.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198790163
• ISBN 13: 9780198790167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216