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Annotated bibliography on musician wellness.(Recommended readings)
INTRODUCTION
Included for each annotation is a brief description of the content of the resource and the intended audience it is addressed to. Publishing information is included. Most books can be bought directly from the publisher, through amazon.com or can be obtained at a university library or inter-library loan service. Books go quickly out of print these days.
Selections are chosen that are specifically useful to musicians, even if it does not specifically address the musician. Materials are screened to include only items that are relevant to specific musicians with regard to wellness issues. Topics include prevention of medical problems, meditation, performance anxiety, performance preparation, healthy practicing techniques, learning theories and, physiological and psychological issues related to overall musicianship.
UPDATE
* Horvath, Janet (2009 edition, Spiral Bound) Playing (less) Hurt An Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians. Self Published, orders@playinglesshurt.com ISBN: 978-0-9713735-5-6. Includes DVD.
This text is updated in several ways: new sections titled "10 Risk Factors for Orchestral Musicians," "Moves for Extended Sitting," "Frozen Shoulder--a personal story," "Thumb surgical interventions--Val Needham's story," "Focal Dystonia, the latest research--Falk, Fleisher and Houstoun Card Miffs story;" "Guidelines for parents, the teacher-student dynamic, lips, fingers, teeth, asthma, instrument size, joint laxity, larynx, jaws and TMJ," "Jazz Pianist's Problems," and "Several New Photos." An additional chapter on hearing is included with suggestions for amplified "pops" concerts and protection for jazz and rock musicians. Another new chapter is about instrument modifications and examines splints, slings, supports, chin rests, straps, harnesses and orthotics. New products for bassoon, saxophone, guitar, flute, piano and violin are also added. A section titled "Janet's Favorite Stretches" is added to the chapter on practicing and the last part has a new and updated resource list.
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- `Bel canto' concert a la Malaysia ..BY: By Faridul Anwar Farinordin ..LD: BEL...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 23, 2003 700+ words
(From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) BEL Canto is an Italian word which means "beautiful singing". Having emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries, this singing technique was initially the preserve of male religious singers...
- Piu'S Beautiful Singing Commands Total Attention.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 28, 2003 700+ words
(From Leicester Mercury) She is one of only a handful of artistes of her calibre that belongs to the Indore gharana, made famous by the late Ustad Amir Khan. From the onset of her debut concert in Leicester, Piu captivated the audience as she breathed life into Raag Basant Bahar, a spring raag in
- Classic best: Sony presents a Domingo collection that shows off three decades'...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Malafronte, Judith January 1, 2005 700+ words
...aria excerpted here, shows again the immediacy of Domingo's ringing voice and ardent delivery. Two roles never to become part of Domingo's legend nevertheless show surprisingly lightweight aspects of his voice in the early days, with more open vowels...
- Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann. (Guide to Records).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Vroon, Donald R. May 1, 2002 700+ words
...the conducting, and the playing are all excellent--so why wouldn't you buy this? She had something Sutherland did not--something that made everything more real, more than just beautiful singing (though it is beautiful singing).
- Hare Hare Hye.
- Magazine article from: Early Music Caldwell, John August 1, 1993 700+ words
...One has to bear in mind the large part which church-going played in their...of other material. The incredibly beautiful singing of the Ensemble Gilles Binchois may...It shows. There is also some very beautiful singing by Anonymous 4 on An English ladymass...
- Alan Opie: Bel Canto Arias.(Collections)
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Mark May 1, 2004 700+ words
...you think of bel canto as a school of opera rather than beautiful singing (something not out of place for most vocal works), you...opera in translation. Perhaps the most conventionally beautiful singing in the recital is the Dom Sebastian aria. Its beautiful...
- Obituaries.(Obituary)
- Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado) June 24, 2007 700+ words
...Mary Margaret had a special love for music. She had a beautiful singing voice and played piano and the organ. She was the organist...musicians playing the piano, organ, and drums, all with beautiful singing voices like her. Mary Margaret made sure her children...
- Footlight Players will stage prize play about Maria Callas.
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) January 13, 2002 700+ words
...of becoming Onassis' wife was never to be. After her beautiful singing voice waned, Callas moved to Paris and became a recluse...day Maria's mother discovered that her daughter had a beautiful singing voice and from then on, she made certain Maria studied...
- The Feast of Fools.
- Magazine article from: Early Music Caldwell, John August 1, 1993 700+ words
...One has to bear in mind the large part which church-going played in their...of other material. The incredibly beautiful singing of the Ensemble Gilles Binchois may...It shows. There is also some very beautiful singing by Anonymous 4 on An English ladymass...
- Le Manuscrit du Puy.
- Magazine article from: Early Music Caldwell, John August 1, 1993 700+ words
...One has to bear in mind the large part which church-going played in their...of other material. The incredibly beautiful singing of the Ensemble Gilles Binchois may...It shows. There is also some very beautiful singing by Anonymous 4 on An English ladymass...
Source: HighBeam Research, Annotated bibliography on musician wellness.(Recommended readings)