Vocal ornamentation in the late eighteenth century: With musical examples from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro".
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Title
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Vocal ornamentation in the late eighteenth century: With musical examples from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro".
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Identifier
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AAI3231977
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identifier
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3231977
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Creator
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Boodaghian, Armine.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Raymond Erickson
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Date
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2006
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Music
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Abstract
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The purpose of this dissertation is to provide the readers and specially the singers with a guide explaining the most significant eighteenth-century vocal ornaments and their execution. The following two areas are of primary importance in the discussion: (1) the suggested interpretation of improvised vocal ornaments; and (2) the use of these ornaments in three arias from Le Nozze di Figaro.;There are a number of significant treatises and sources available regarding eighteenth-century vocal practices that contain discussion of the ornaments, but very few include any notated examples of the proper use of these ornaments. As thorough as these treatises are, many of the ornaments are described only verbally and without music notation. In such cases a suggested interpretation is added.;The Mozart arias, "Dove sono", "Se vuol ballare", and "Voi, che sapete", from Le Nozze di Figaro, present written-out improvised embellishments suggested by the author from previously discussed vocal ornaments. These arias are intended to serve as examples to assist modern singers with their own individual interpretations in the performance of late eighteenth-century music.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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D.M.A.
