Paths to Classical Singing – A German “Vaccai” Method
24 Settings of Poems by Heine
[vce,pno]
vocal text: German, English, French“I am convinced that this German “Vaccai” is exactly what it takes to meet the demands of a younger singer generation. ” (Peter Schreier)
The preface and the wording of the pedagogical comments are provided by the artist and author Carmen Hillers, Hamburg.
Description
To familiarize oneself with the basics of lied singing and at the same time work on technical and artistic issues using short and varied lieder, there is no way around the German “Vaccai”. With lieder based on Heine’s poems and following the Italian example Nicola Vaccai, Steffen Wolf succeeded in creating a real highlight in voice teaching.
Each volume comprises the lieder with the international phonetic transcription below the music, short pedagogical comments on technical and artistic issues as well as a CD (for EB 8848 and 8849 as download) with recordings audiotracks of the songs and piano playbacks in the respective voice range. Singers: Miriam Alexandra (soprano), Yvi Jänicke (alto), Dávid
Csizmár (baritone) and the composer (tenor) himself. They are
accompanied by the pianist Henning Lucius, who also recorded the piano
playbacks.
An interview with Steffen Wolf as well as videos of selected songs can be found on YouTube.
EB 8848
with audiotracks for download
Edition for high voice
EAN: 9790004184387
60 pages / 23 x 30.5 cm / 242 g / stapled
EB 8849
with audiotracks for download
Edition for middle voice
EAN: 9790004184394
60 pages / 23 x 30.5 cm / 248 g / stapled
EB 8850
with CD
Edition for low voice
EAN: 9790004184400
60 pages / 23 x 30.5 cm / 269 g / stapled
Description
Description
To familiarize oneself with the basics of lied singing and at the same time work on technical and artistic issues using short and varied lieder, there is no way around the German “Vaccai”. With lieder based on Heine’s poems and following the Italian example Nicola Vaccai, Steffen Wolf succeeded in creating a real highlight in voice teaching.
Each volume comprises the lieder with the international phonetic transcription below the music, short pedagogical comments on technical and artistic issues as well as a CD (for EB 8848 and 8849 as download) with recordings audiotracks of the songs and piano playbacks in the respective voice range. Singers: Miriam Alexandra (soprano), Yvi Jänicke (alto), Dávid
Csizmár (baritone) and the composer (tenor) himself. They are
accompanied by the pianist Henning Lucius, who also recorded the piano
playbacks.
An interview with Steffen Wolf as well as videos of selected songs can be found on YouTube.
Table of contents
| 1. | Interval Second |
| 2. | Interval Third |
| 3. | Interval Fourth |
| 4. | Interval Tritone |
| 5. | Interval Fifth |
| 6. | Interval Sixth |
| 7. | Interval Seventh |
| 8. | Interval Octave |
| 9. | Interval Unison |
| 10. | Interval Semitone |
| 11. | Subject Suspension |
| 12. | Subject Parlando |
| 13. | Subject Turn |
| 14. | Subject Scale Section |
| 15. | Subject Roulade I |
| 16. | Subject Roulade II |
| 17. | Subject Short Grace Note I |
| 18. | Subject Short Grace Note II |
| 19. | Subject Short Grace Note III |
| 20. | Subject Long Tone |
| 21. | Subject Termination |
| 22. | Subject Broken Chord |
| 23. | Subject Recitative |
| 24. | Subject “Voices” of Different People |