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Maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti, the great 19th-century teacher of bel canto singing.
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I read this about once a year. I agree with Lamperti on many things, but not all - particularly the chiaroscuro. This technique applies much more to tenors than sopranos. A soprano who aims for chiaroscuro will have a short top, a short career, and will eventually ruin her mechanism, or at least, her voice will never be what it could be.
Though history tells us of Lamperti's prowess as a teacher, this book is of little use to anyone. Firstly, it is not written by Lamperti but is a collection of the notes of one of his students. Secondly, those notes are not pedagogical but are mostly vague (only occasionally specific) tidbits about singing that are not instructional. It is poorly organized--while individual sections contain titles that surely interested me, only the first sentense or two actually discussed that topic, and the
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Concise maxims for both the beginner and the advanced singer. This book is packed with great advice on body alignment, breathing, articulation, and more. I highly recommend that every vocalist obtain a copy!
A must-have for all classical singers. I come back to the wisdom within these pages time and time again.
Basically a book full of poorly translated Buddha-like quotes, written not by Lamperti, but a student of his who never became a great singer.
Interesting, but only for classical voice students/teachers.
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A must have for all singers. This technique is practically dead in today's musical world.
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