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The rise of the vocal recital.

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| May 01, 2003 | Smith, Patrick J. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

One of the more interesting features of concert life in New York in the past decade has been the growth--one might almost say the ubiquity--of the vocal recital. By the "vocal recital" I mean the classic "art song evening" as opposed to an evening of opera arias. Historically, the "art song evening" was limited to inner-core music lovers, specialized recordings (such as those of the Hugo Wolf Society in the 1930s), and specialized voices, like that of Povla Frijsh--voices that had minimal, if any, contact with opera. Mostly, the vocal recital was a province of the German composers, with an important French subjunct, and it was performed with a distinct elevation in tone ...

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