Thomas Pasatieri, once called the "Primo Don" of American opera composers, has already established himself at the young age of 38 as one of the most influential composers in the field of American Theater. His large ...

This paper will concentrate on three areas of importance in vocal pedagogy. They are registration, breathing, and health problems. There are generally three theories in registration: one register, two registers, and three ...

The purpose of this paper is to: (1) investigate the main aspects of the various register theories, (2) determine whether their approaches to unifying the tenor voice are actually different from each other, and (3) ...

This paper is an analysis of the song cycle Canti Della Lontananza by Gian Carlo Menotti for voice and piano. This paper will serve to familiarize the reader with the cycle. Each song has been analyzed according to ...

This research project is an analysis of five Negro spirituals as passed down to us by the Jubilee Singers, a comparison of these with well-known arrangements of the same, and a discussion of the differences. During the ...