In a message dated 3/23/01 2:48:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, ibracamonte@y... writes:
<< I feel that modern composers do NOT understand the voice at all, and that aspiring composers would benefit from a good 5 years of sitting in a voice teacher's studio every day. >>
Well, since Barber and Bernstein died in the last century, I guess they're not modern composers, but certainly Samuel Barber understood the voice. He was a baritone among other things. (What were his other instruments ... piano, cello?) Then Leonard Bernstein did a lot of vocal coaching in his early days, did he not? I believe Menotti is vocal as is Rorem, and I believe they both work closely with singers. But Isabel is probably talking about the next generation and the next. Which category does Carlisle Floyd fall into? There has been a bit recently on the list about Messian. The little Messian I've sung is a great joy to sing. (Oh dear!! is he dead, too?) Who do you all assign to the group Isabel would consign to doing time in a voice studio? Who is voice friendly?
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