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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