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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Biographical sketch iii
Dedication iv
Acknowledgements v
Table of contents viii
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xiv
List of Recorded Examples xv
Preface xxii
CHAPTER 1: METHODOLOGIES: SOURCES, SINGING AND STYLE 1
CHAPTER 2: THE SOURCES OF STYLE 19
Registers 21
Registration 27
Registration recorded 30
Registration and breath 101: messa di voce 35
Registration and articulation 38
Registration and breath 102: portamento di voce 42
Interpretative divide 44
“More than singing” 46
The Bachner pupils 54
Two aesthetics of expressivity recorded 58
Consequences of vocalism: “passing portamento” and “gestural singing” 65
Portamento as choice 72
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