- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; New edition edition (7 Oct 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0486248313
- ISBN-13: 978-0486248318
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,269,822 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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?Mme. Lehmann's book will be invaluable to the student of song.?-Christian Science Monitor
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I have mislaid my copy of this fabulous book and am really glad to see that it is possible to obtain used copies through Amazon.
Lotte Lehmann was a very famous soprano in Europe between the Wars and was particularly associated with Richard Strauss. I bought a copy of this book in the 1980s when I was studying singing and found it a brilliant way of learning how to prepare a vocal performance. The approach that Lehmann has is to create an entire internal narrative around the song to make the singer appear to be an actor within a scene [to my mind anyway]. You may not agree with the narratives that Lehmann writes about and there is no reason why singers can't create their own. If a singer has enough of this mental narrative in his [sorry about the masculine] head, he is more likely to give a performance of real character and the song is less likely to be just bland and pretty.
I would recommend this book to anyone to anybody who aspires to sing and also to anyone who enjoys listening to good singing.
Lotte Lehmann was a very famous soprano in Europe between the Wars and was particularly associated with Richard Strauss. I bought a copy of this book in the 1980s when I was studying singing and found it a brilliant way of learning how to prepare a vocal performance. The approach that Lehmann has is to create an entire internal narrative around the song to make the singer appear to be an actor within a scene [to my mind anyway]. You may not agree with the narratives that Lehmann writes about and there is no reason why singers can't create their own. If a singer has enough of this mental narrative in his [sorry about the masculine] head, he is more likely to give a performance of real character and the song is less likely to be just bland and pretty.
I would recommend this book to anyone to anybody who aspires to sing and also to anyone who enjoys listening to good singing.
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13 Jan 2012
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For singers and hard-core amateurs...Even though everybody has a different way of understanding and projecting the meaning of a song, this book offers lots insight into interpreting some of the repertory's most famous songs....very recommendable....
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