| From: Karen Mercedes To: VOCALIST <vocalist> Subject: Re: Art song performing style Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Alan Goldhammer wrote:
> Karen Mercedes writes: > > >>General rule of thumb: In art song, the drama is conveyed by vocal > gestures, not physical gestures. The idea is to create the nuances > with > your voice. > >> > > Not so. One should go back and read Lotte Lehman's small, but > worthy book, "More than Singing: The Interpretation of Songs." She > discusses a variety of movements that can add to the interpretation.
Yes, O combative one, and if you'd care to go back and reread my ENTIRE post, instead of extracting only that sentence you felt you could argue with, you would see that I went on to talk about use of physical gestures as well as vocal ones.
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