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    Tim Braithwaite

    Pietro Pontio on the Performance of Syncopations (1588)

    ‘Nonetheless there are others who are of the opinion that half of the note value of the syncopated semibreve is deemed to be dead—whereby...

    Tim Braithwaite

    Pietro Reggio on the Sliding ‘Accent’ (1677)

    ‘Now let us take notice, of singing long Notes Gracefully. Note the following Example. The first Note must begin softly, and then...

    Tim Braithwaite

    Johann Friedrich Agricola (1757) and Wolfgang Caspar Printz (1678) on Choral Singing

    ‘The loudness or softness, especially on long and serious notes, must be observed even by those who sing the supporting voices [not the...

    Tim Braithwaite

    Isaac Nathan’s Annotations on a Handel Aria and the Swelling and Dying of the Voice

    ‘The preceding examples receive their colouring from the discrimination of the singer; but a still nicer task remains for him to execute,...

     

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