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  • An analysis of the Song Cycle Canti Della Lontananza for Voice and Piano by Gian Carlo Menotti 

    Mitchell, Frances (1971)
    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 ...

  • An Exploration of the Origin, Characteristics and Performance Styles of Negro Spirituals 

    Walker, Thomas L. (1969)
    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 ...

  • Registration, Breathing and Health, Related to Singing 

    Fair, Paul J. (1984)
    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 ...

  • Thomas Pasatieri 

    Kley-Weinstein, Andrea (1983)
    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 ...

  • The Vocal Register Theories and Unifying the Tenor Voice 

    Hagen, Delwyn (1988)
    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) ...