MUS111H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Frederica Von Stade, Countertenor, Da Capo Aria
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Composers deal w/ time and musical space and instruments. Visual side kicks in when you as an audience see/watch the performance. Get a sense of visual and aural. Diff frm when listening to a recording (no visual) How well do u think they communicate, perform, what is appealing/not, how well do they perform, do you get a sense of what there trying to communicate and how well are they doing it. No idea what she is singing abt, no clear sense of what the piece is about. Not impressed w/ visual, not an exciting visual environment (just a girl standing there singing) Sound like she knows the music (rehearsed performance) No ampli cation > trying to sing out. Voice quality - clear (not wobbly or all over) Out of tune with background instrument (piano), out of pitch. More of an amateur space: olivia. 1st 2 lines state a question, which is repeated at the end.
