Being in uber-Scottish mode at the moment after my recent trip north of the border, I was somewhat taken by this entry in my recently acquired copy of Ed Foreman’s marvellous book “The Art of bel canto in the Italian Baroque” (page 61) in which Maffei (a 16th century physician as well as singer) who [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Acoustics’
June 8, 2007
Echoes From The Past
A post on the resonant space theme (again!) – there is an interesting insight into the daily lives and the curriculum followed by the students of bel canto in Cornelius L. Reid’s book Bel Canto:Principles and Practices (page 35). According to Bontempi’s Historica Musica published in 1624 “On the days when the pupils [...]
May 20, 2007
Another Resonant Space
Before leaving this subject, I couldn’t resist adding another anecdote from our French trip. While staying in the lovely hilltop village of Tourtour we paid a visit to the St Denis church there. It was empty when we went in and yet again I was struck by the wonderful acoustics – very similar [...]
May 20, 2007
Resonant spaces
I’ve been thinking a great deal about resonance and resonant spaces over the last few days: it’s obvious even to the layman that a resonant space is going to help a singer – hence the widespread phenomenon of “bathroom singing” or “singing in the shower”. Since starting this blog I have become more observant [...]
