Abstract
Examines the close relationship between the arts of singing and speaking in English treatises on singing published from the late-18th to the mid-19th c. Speech patterns are compared to the singer's practices of punctuation, rests, and breathing in order to explain the highly articulated singing style of the period.
DOI
10.5642/perfpr.199407.01.02
Recommended Citation
Toft, Robert
(1994)
"The Expressive Pause: Punctuation, Rests, and Breathing in England, 1770-1850,"
Performance Practice Review:
Vol. 7:
No.
1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.5642/perfpr.199407.01.02
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/ppr/vol7/iss1/2