Between speech and song: aspects of hybrid voice in twentieth-century german opera
Auteur :
Papaioannou, Orestis
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009676601
Date de publication :
30 avr. 2026
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
At the turn of the twentieth century, operatic singing remained influenced by the lyrical vocal style that prioritised technical precision, tonal beauty, and expressive clarity. From the 1910s onward, composers explored vocal techniques that blurred the boundary between speech and song, referred to here as the 'hybrid voice'.