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From: Karen Mercedes
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Subject: Re: Art song performing style
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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.

Karen Mercedes
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