SKU: HL.48025214

ISBN 9781784544485. UPC: 196288133421. 8.25x12.0x0.157 inches.

Er Huang was commissioned by Carnegie Hall, New York where, in 2009, it received its world premiere with solo pianist Lang Lang and the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas. Chen wrote about the work, 'Music has its own life – for me the germination of any musical work is like a tree growing out of the ground, and the eventual outcome of this life is entirely unknowable in advance.' Commenting on the connection between Er Huang and its source of inspiration, the Er Huang tunes from the classical Peking Opera repertoire, he says that, 'the way I applied musical elements from Peking Opera to my own writing was not really based on musicological studies. Rather, these tunes were an essential part of my childhood in Beijing, and always intertwined with memories of my family and the society I lived in at the time. Many people from my generation would be able to hum these tunes by heart. These days, however, these familiar tunes have been almost entirely forgotten, as the younger generation is much more occupied by western pop culture. This is why, when I quote these tunes, Ioften do so with a great sense of nostalgia. Traditional Chinese music has a very strong character, and the organic assimilation of something that I feel most akin to, over time, into my own musical language, has become an essential part of my artistic expression.'.

SKU: BR.EB-8948

ISBN 9790004186176. 9 x 12 inches. German.

Conscious Singing and Teaching This compact workbook for singing teachers, students of singing, and singers offers a comprehensive summary of classical voice training, based on the voice-training qualities of German speech sounds (with IPA symbols). The rich store of vocal exercises from the teachings of the renowned German pedagogue Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann (1887-1971) is systematically organized according to the three functional areas of the voice - stimulation of phonation, voice production, shaping of sound. The clear layout also makes it possible to find exercises for specific tasks. The book will help students of singing find ways to practice on their own. Experienced singers and teachers of singing will find here ideas for structuring and expanding their own repertoire of vocal exercises. This is the book I've been hoping for for many years! I studied for a while with Elisabeth Grummer, who studied with Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann, the great German singing teacher of the 20th century. Her teaching was rooted in bel canto and the then new knowledge of vocal physiology, but also infused with her love of language and use of the imagination. Imagining the sound you want to make before the voice is heard was one of her main concepts, before the scientists ever discovered prephonatory tuning. The book is only available in German at the moment, but feelers have been put out to an English publisher. I recognize many exercises in this book that I learnt from Grummer and still use today in my own teaching. The descriptions are clear, with step by step tips for their execution. This is a book that many will want to possess! Prof. Eleanor Forbes | Berlin.