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Bel Canto: Is It The Words Or The Music?
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:18:54
Publish Date: 2008-12-15 15:25:00
Description:

Let’s explore further a topic that we discussed a few months back, inspired by a recent article in the New York Times by the eminent music critic Anthony Tommasini on the nature of bel canto.  Does this elusive Italian term describe a style of musical composition, especially in terms of melodic direction, or a composer’s sensitivity to words?  Or both?  You be the judge!
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