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Posted on:November 16, 2020Composers Singers

Malibran: the art of singing

Young Maria Malibran’s debut in Paris made a deep impression on the public and prompted a reflection on the state of the art of singing at that time.

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Posted on:November 1, 2019November 1, 2019Composers Interviews Singers Teachers

Andrés Moreno Mengíbar

It is a great pleasure to introduce our first series of interviews in Reflections on Vocal Art by speaking with Andrés Moreno Mengíbar, doctor in history and professor of geography and history, music critic and author of “Los García, una familia para el canto.”

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Posted on:August 31, 2019Composers Quotes Singers Teachers

The García family

There’s a new entry in our History section, dedicated to the lives of Manuel García, María Malibrán and Pauline Viardot.

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Posted on:December 24, 2018May 25, 2019Composers Quotes

Debussy: taste

In 1913, Claude Debussy published a little article discussing the matter of taste and the art of music.

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Posted on:October 30, 2018June 4, 2019Composers Quotes

Hahn: the concept

In the first part of his lectures, entitled Why do we sing?, composer Reynaldo Hahn reflects on his concept of the art of singing.

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Posted on:December 30, 2017June 14, 2019Advice Anecdotes Composers Letters Teachers

Verdi and Boito: return

In October 1887, Arrigo Boito, librettist, composer and by then Verdi’s close friend and collaborator, wrote to the Maestro asking him for a list of old Italian composers whose study could help correct the deviated course in which the young music students were at the end of the 19th century.

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Posted on:June 29, 2017June 19, 2019Composers Letters Singers

Marchesi: Saint-Saëns

In this passage of her book Singer’s pilgrimage, Blanche Marchesi briefly recounts one of her collaborations with Camille Saint-Saëns in 1898 and transcribes the letter the composer sent her praising her rendition of his work.

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Posted on:April 7, 2017June 30, 2019Advice Composers Letters Teachers

Verdi: torniamo

Following the death of Mercadante, Giuseppe Verdi was offered the direction of the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella in Naples. The celebrated composer declined and in this essential letter he refers to the place of tradition in the formation of young musicians.

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