Singing Schumann

An Interpretive Guide for Performers

Richard Miller, QC

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 April 2005

Music; Music: styles & genres; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Techniques of music & music tutorials

Here, Miller presents a practical manual to help singers and pianists bring Schumann's Lieder to life in performance. He also provides cogent suggestions for the interpretation of all of Schumann's solo and duet songs, useful pointers that are grounded in a thorough understanding of Schumann's compositional style and its full historical background.

By: Richard Miller QC
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9780195181975
ISBN 10: 0195181972
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 01 April 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

In addition to his long and distinguished performance career, Richard Miller is internationally known for master classes in systematic vocal technique and artistic interpretation. He is Director and Professor at the Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center at Oberlin College, and has written several books and articles.

Reviews for Singing Schumann: An Interpretive Guide for Performers

. ..he provides both a closely reasoned argument...and a deeply felt diary revealing a mature, intellectual, and passionate performer's and pedagogue's life experience with Schubert's songs....An important wake-up call for students of singing and for scholars who have not explored beyond the obvious masterworks of 1840, this book is a new classic, recommended for all academic and professional collections. --Choice Professor Miller's knowledge of this field is staggering. . . . I marvel at the author's ability to write clearly, engagingly, and often with humor. --William McIver, Professor of Voice, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Singing Schumann is a strikingly brilliant and remarkably enlightening work, skillfully conceived and lovingly written. Unquestionably the most important treatise on Schumann Lieder to emerge in nearly two decades, it is a masterful blending of keen insight and strong conviction. --Gary Arvin, Professor of Vocal Coaching and Repertoire, Indiana University School of Music . ..[an] invaluable study....As a keen-eared musical and literary critic, writing confidently yet undogmatically in lithe prose, Miller will be enjoyed every bit as much by the listener...as by the performer....[a] refreshing, demanding and often compelling study. --Hilary Finch, BBC Music