Comments on: The Conductor part two http://dobbsfranks.com Examining the aging process of a musician Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:49:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dobbsfranks http://dobbsfranks.com/the-conductor-part-two/#comment-49 dobbsfranks Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:21:13 +0000 http://dobbsfranks.com/?page_id=46#comment-49 Andrew This is a difficult one. I think that basically the idea of having to have such a BIG voice was non existent. I don't think they really thought about toning things down, I think that musical ideas and beautiful singing was uppermost. Fortunately they didn't have to worry about projecting it into a huge space. I am sure there were voices of all sizes as there are today. The accent was just very different when it came to expectation I should think. Certainly a lot of Mozart is easier to perform if not bellowed. Dobbs Andrew

This is a difficult one. I think that basically the idea of having to have such a BIG voice was non existent. I don’t think they really thought about toning things down, I think that musical ideas and beautiful singing was uppermost. Fortunately they didn’t have to worry about projecting it into a huge space. I am sure there were voices of all sizes as there are today. The accent was just very different when it came to expectation I should think. Certainly a lot of Mozart is easier to perform if not bellowed.

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]]> By: Andrew Glover http://dobbsfranks.com/the-conductor-part-two/#comment-43 Andrew Glover Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:36:46 +0000 http://dobbsfranks.com/?page_id=46#comment-43 The size difference of the audience and hall. Does that mean that the style of singing for Mozarts pieces was more piano and light compared with some of the gutsy sounds we hear in the bigger houses. The size difference of the audience and hall. Does that mean that the style of singing for Mozarts pieces was more piano and light compared with some of the gutsy sounds we hear in the bigger houses.

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