#contralto — Public Fediverse posts

@RaymondPierreL3 @emmadavidson

#Contralto singers are a particular fave of mine.

#AnnieLennox

#MaryTravers

#LadyGaga

#ChristinaAmphlett

#JoanArmatrading

#KarenCarpenter

#TracyChapman

#DorisDay

#EttaJames

& on & on.

Imagine Annie Lennox covering Peter Paul & Mary songs! THAT would be epic.

@RaymondPierreL3 @emmadavidson

#Contralto singers are a particular fave of mine.

#AnnieLennox

#MaryTravers

#LadyGaga

#ChristinaAmphlett

#JoanArmatrading

#KarenCarpenter

#TracyChapman

#DorisDay

#EttaJames

& on & on.

Imagine Annie Lennox covering Peter Paul & Mary songs! THAT would be epic.

#contralto mailbag

#contralto mailbag

@classicalmusic

#AntonioVivaldi 1678 – 1741

'Vos invito, barbarae faces', #RV811

#MargheritaMariaSаlа #Contralto

#CoroEOrchestraGhisliеri
#GiulioPrаndi

#classicalmusic #galantmusic #sacralmuic #musik #music #musique #musica #Vivaldi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkXt345rsHg&list=PLa7UTm7xOElliuvxgeiIx3b-wzboRtUxa

@classicalmusic

#AntonioVivaldi 1678 – 1741

'Vos invito, barbarae faces', #RV811

#MargheritaMariaSаlа #Contralto

#CoroEOrchestraGhisliеri
#GiulioPrаndi

#classicalmusic #galantmusic #sacralmuic #musik #music #musique #musica #Vivaldi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkXt345rsHg&list=PLa7UTm7xOElliuvxgeiIx3b-wzboRtUxa

Watching Eric Bier talking about the Xerox CEDAR computing environment. "Eric Bier Demonstrates Cedar", along with Nick Bricks, Chris Jakobi, and Paul McJones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_dt7NG38V4 by the computer history museum interviewer Hansen Hsu.

If only we could run that system on modern hardware to put our hands on it. It is such a nice personal productivity environment. It runs on Sun SPARCstations.
I wonder if there are disk images for the ContrAlto emulator.

#cedar #parc #mesa #alto #contralto

Watching Eric Bier talking about the Xerox CEDAR computing environment. "Eric Bier Demonstrates Cedar", along with Nick Bricks, Chris Jakobi, and Paul McJones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_dt7NG38V4 by the computer history museum interviewer Hansen Hsu.

If only we could run that system on modern hardware to put our hands on it. It is such a nice personal productivity environment. It runs on Sun SPARCstations.
I wonder if there are disk images for the ContrAlto emulator.

#cedar #parc #mesa #alto #contralto

started two new #wikipedia articles this weekend on American performers. Myra Mortimer (1894-1972) was a #contralto who had an international career in the 1920s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Mortimer and Maud Dixon Salvini (1866-1944) was an actress touring in the 1890s, on Broadway in the 1910s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Dixon_Salvini @wikiwomeninred

started two new #wikipedia articles this weekend on American performers. Myra Mortimer (1894-1972) was a #contralto who had an international career in the 1920s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Mortimer and Maud Dixon Salvini (1866-1944) was an actress touring in the 1890s, on Broadway in the 1910s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Dixon_Salvini @wikiwomeninred

started a #wikipedia article on US opera singer Eleanor La Mance (1898-1985): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_La_Mance @wikiwomeninred #opera #mezzosoprano #contralto #Florida @metopera #WWII

started a #wikipedia article on US opera singer Eleanor La Mance (1898-1985): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_La_Mance @wikiwomeninred #opera #mezzosoprano #contralto #Florida @metopera #WWII

Yesterday, I had a long conversation with Perplexity, as usual. We were discussing vocal ranges, opera, and operetta. Anyway, I found a video that was perfect for me to test my range. Keep in mind that I am not accustomed to these notes as numbers, as this became popular after my time of study. But to make things easier, I will use them to explain my results.

youtube.com/watch?v=feuJ7sW2g7…

Apparently, My comfortable range is F3 to C5, with an extended range of D3 to F5, with the last two top notes feeling thin. I can also hit C3, but only quietly.

I then asked to hear various contraltos. I found a few, but almost all sang high, despite obviously being able to sing lower. So I then asked about songs sung by Tito Schipa, since our ranges overlap. I know he couldn't go as high as I (sources say he couldn't hit a high C), but I have never heard him hit a low note that I can't. Perplexity recommended the following.

1. "A te, o cara" from Bellini's "I Puritani"
2. Arias from Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore", particularly Nemorino's parts.
3. Selections from Massenet's "Werther".
4. Arias from Donizetti's "Don Pasquale", especially Ernesto's recitatives.

Then, I began to wonder if there are any songs within operetta that would match me well. I received these in reply.

1. "Vilja-Lied" from Franz Lehár's "The Merry Widow"
2. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" from Sigmund Romberg's "The New Moon" (I need to find a tenor version, aas it was originally written for a baritone.)
3. "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from Victor Herbert's "Naughty Marietta"
4. "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" also from "Naughty Marietta"
5. "Serenade" from Romberg's "The Student Prince"
6. "Wanting You" from Romberg's "The New Moon"
7. "Love, Come Back to Me" also from "The New Moon"

Since three of these are from the same work, and since I actually have The New Moon, both as a full modern (sadly) recording and some original songs, I am going to watch that some time soon. It will be good to take a break from opera and go back to operetta. I just have to be careful because finding such music, or I should say, full English productions with dialogue, is incredibly difficult!

At any rate, I then asked which of these songs would be good for a beginner, and Perplexity chose "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone", "Vilja-Lied", and "Serenade".

Even though I have perfect pitch and photographic musical memory (once I know a song), it will take a long time before I can sing any of these truly correctly. But what do you think about the suggestions in general? Remember, I am not studying to actually perform on stage. This is simply for the love of singing. Personally, after hearing them, I think, other than the operettas, a good starting point might be Schipa's Neapolitan songs. They seem much easier.

But realistically, before I do any of that at all, I need to work on my exercises from Madam Clara! To that end, I have asked my friend to record the first group, on pages 140 to 145. Once I learn these, I will continue to the next set and so on.

archive.org/details/youcansing…

For those who are wondering why I don't learn from Schipa himself (he taught singing and there are exercises from him online), he has an entirely different approach. The exercises (particularly the Preliminaries and Breath-Lock Physicals) in You Can Sing are good for my health and work very well for me.

#ClaraNovelloDavies #contralto #opera #operetta #TitoSchipa #VocalExercises

started a #wikipedia article on Chicago singer and voice teacher Blanche Slocum (1885-1960): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Slocum @wikiwomeninred #WWI #Chicago #WomeninMusic #contralto

started a #wikipedia article on Chicago singer and voice teacher Blanche Slocum (1885-1960): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Slocum @wikiwomeninred #WWI #Chicago #WomeninMusic #contralto

@muchanchoasado

Yo nunca pude tocar instrumentos de vientos de madera, lo máximo que intenté fue un #siku, que en otros lugares le llaman #flautadepan, pero me costaba muchísimo.

En algún momento intenté un par de #quenas pero eran de adorno así que no estaban bien afinadas.

Sí pude tocar #flautasdulces de diferentes registros como una #bajo, #tenor y #contralto, además de la #soprano. Esas sí eran de madera pero de producción tan industrial que a mi parecer perdían cierta magia.

I may have written about how I love contraltos, and basically proved that I am one by passing all of the online voice range tests I found. I've also said that Olive Gilbert is my favourite. And for daily listening, she still is. But if there is one woman who could beat her, it is Clara Butt. Never, in my forty-one years of life, has anyone's voice literally sent shivers down my spine! And she died in the 1930's, so it isn't as if this was a modern recording with surround sound. Her voice was simply that powerful and magnetic! I'm now downloading all sorts of songs from her on Youtube.

#ClaraButt #contralto #opera #singing #voice

@classicalmusic

#AlfredoCasella 1883 - 1947

Notte di Maggio op.20 (1913)

#OliviaAndreini #Contralto

#OrchestraSinfonicaDiRoma #FrancescoLaVecchia.

#music #musique #musica #classicalmusic
#mdernistmusic #Casella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw7oFivjCug

@classicalmusic

#AlfredoCasella 1883 - 1947

Notte di Maggio op.20 (1913)

#OliviaAndreini #Contralto

#OrchestraSinfonicaDiRoma #FrancescoLaVecchia.

#music #musique #musica #classicalmusic
#mdernistmusic #Casella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw7oFivjCug

Yay - #MusicWomenWednesday - thanks @loewe

I'm sharing a track from 24-year-old jazz singer Samara Joy, who hails from the Bronx. Anyone who has their finger on the pulse of the jazz scene will know of her already, but I'm just starting out listening to her. My son - a jazz head - bought us tickets to go see her soon.
Her voice is just incredible!

#Jazz #Vocals #Contralto #WomenInMusic

Guess Who I Saw Today by Samara Joy
https://songwhip.com/samarajoy/guess-who-i-saw-today

I'm not usually the sort of person to tolerate Christmas music, much less post it. But this is Mary Fahl we're talking about here, singing quite possibly the only Christmas song appropriate for and worthy of her voice. #Contralto #MaryFahl #XmasMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tt_P47tpyU

I'm not usually the sort of person to tolerate Christmas music, much less post it. But this is Mary Fahl we're talking about here, singing quite possibly the only Christmas song appropriate for and worthy of her voice. #Contralto #MaryFahl #XmasMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tt_P47tpyU

Julia Fordham & Kyle Eastwood - In The Wee Small Hours #contralto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ItYhMQBKxY

Julia Fordham & Kyle Eastwood - In The Wee Small Hours #contralto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ItYhMQBKxY

@classicalmusic

#KarlAmadeusHartmann 1905-1963

#Symphony No. 1 "Versuch eines Requiem" (1936/1955)

1. Introduktion: Elend (Introduction: Misery)
2. Frühling (Spring)
3. Thema mit vier Variationen
4. Tränen (Tears)
5. Epilog: Bitte (Epilogue: Supplication)

#CorneliaKallisch #Contralto

#BambergerSymphoniker
#IngoMetzmacher

#musik #music #musique #musica #Hartmann
#modernistmusic #classicalmusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvKxO4DsCSw

@classicalmusic

#KarlAmadeusHartmann 1905-1963

#Symphony No. 1 "Versuch eines Requiem" (1936/1955)

1. Introduktion: Elend (Introduction: Misery)
2. Frühling (Spring)
3. Thema mit vier Variationen
4. Tränen (Tears)
5. Epilog: Bitte (Epilogue: Supplication)

#CorneliaKallisch #Contralto

#BambergerSymphoniker
#IngoMetzmacher

#musik #music #musique #musica #Hartmann
#modernistmusic #classicalmusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvKxO4DsCSw

@classicalmusic
@renaissancemusic

#EmilioDeCavalieri c. 1550 –1602

'Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo' (1600)

Anima: #AnettFritsch #Soprano
Curpo #MauroBorgioni #Baritone
Piacere: #MargheritaMariaSala #Contralto
et al

#IlGiardinoArmonico
#GiovanniAntonini

#classicalmusic #renaissancemusic
#musik #music #musique #musica #DeCavalieri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1tFvZK45vo

@classicalmusic
@renaissancemusic

#EmilioDeCavalieri c. 1550 –1602

'Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo' (1600)

Anima: #AnettFritsch #Soprano
Curpo #MauroBorgioni #Baritone
Piacere: #MargheritaMariaSala #Contralto
et al

#IlGiardinoArmonico
#GiovanniAntonini

#classicalmusic #renaissancemusic
#musik #music #musique #musica #DeCavalieri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1tFvZK45vo

@classicalmusic

#FrantišekXaverThuri (1939-2019)

Cantata to St John of Nepomuk

#LudmilaVеrnеrová #Soprano
#PаvlаKšicοvá #Contralto
#RichаrdSpοrkа #Tenor
#JiříKаlеndοvský #Bass

#CzеchChamberChorus #VirtuosiDiPrаgа
#FrantišekXaverThuri

#musik #music #musique #musica #Thuri #neobaroque
#modernclassical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a63buFu0WfA

@classicalmusic

#FrantišekXaverThuri (1939-2019)

Cantata to St John of Nepomuk

#LudmilaVеrnеrová #Soprano
#PаvlаKšicοvá #Contralto
#RichаrdSpοrkа #Tenor
#JiříKаlеndοvský #Bass

#CzеchChamberChorus #VirtuosiDiPrаgа
#FrantišekXaverThuri

#musik #music #musique #musica #Thuri #neobaroque
#modernclassical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a63buFu0WfA

Song of the Day February 27 2023

In remembrance of Marian Anderson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson

Marian Anderson - "My Lord, What a Morning"

https://youtu.be/mJoDR704-BA

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #February27 #MarianAnderson #Opera #Contralto #MyLordWhatAMorning #Spiritual #BlackHistory #History

#ZarahLeander sings "Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt" in Douglas Sirk's (then Detlef Sierck) 1937 film LA HABANERA. It's an extraordinary scene & breathtaking performance. Dressed in a Latin costume, but with an über-Germanic vocal style, Zarah sings about irresolute tropical desire(!). I love a good #GenreCrosser. And Zarah's cavernous #contralto voice is utterly captivating.

https://youtu.be/-trnBsx5VOY

Recording album no. 3 out of 4 within 365 days… but this one’s going to be truly specials because it features lyric contralto (and Grammy winner) Hilary Summers, @maartenornstein, #MikeFentross and us in jigs and hornpipes, renaissance lamentations, Celtic medievalism ánd 7 self-written world premieres! Look out for a release via Zefir Records next autumn…
@classicalmusic #medieval #music #stringquartet #bassclarinet #theorbo #contralto

"What Is Life?" Indeed. For some of us it's the sublime voice of English #contralto singer #KathleenFerrier, a gift to this planet, whose life & all-too-brief career was cut short by cancer at just 41. Her rendition of the aria "What Is Life?" from #Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice, is glorious. And it's impossible not to be deeply moved when she sings "Have Mercy, Lord, On Me" from #Bach's St. Matthew Passion & "Agnus Dei" from Bach's Mass in B Minor: https://youtu.be/HYRhIIYx0jY

#classicalmusic
#galantmusic
@classicalmusic
@galantmusic

#BaldassareGaluppi 1706 - 1785

*Son pien di giubilo" (From the opera - #IlFilosofoDiCampagna, libretto by #CarloGoldoni. premiered in 1754)

#SoniaPrina, Lena (#contralto)
#PatriziaCigna, Lesbina (#soprano)
#GiorgioGatti, Tritemio (#bariton)
#AlessandroCalamai, Nardo (#bass)

#IntermusicaEnsemble
#CarloPiva

#musik #music #musique #musica #Galuppi #opera
#DrammaGiocoso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUXsReiPMTY

#classicalmusic
#galantmusic
@classicalmusic
@galantmusic

#BaldassareGaluppi 1706 - 1785

*Son pien di giubilo" (From the opera - #IlFilosofoDiCampagna, libretto by #CarloGoldoni. premiered in 1754)

#SoniaPrina, Lena (#contralto)
#PatriziaCigna, Lesbina (#soprano)
#GiorgioGatti, Tritemio (#bariton)
#AlessandroCalamai, Nardo (#bass)

#IntermusicaEnsemble
#CarloPiva

#musik #music #musique #musica #Galuppi #opera
#DrammaGiocoso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUXsReiPMTY