Coffin's Sounds of Singing: Principles and Applications of Vocal Techniques with Chromatic Vowel Chart (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810844186)

This essential foundation for teaching vocal technique is now available in paperback Based on the great teaching of the past, it explains the utilization of principles and applications of vocal techniques. The Chromatic Vowel Chart defines the vowel color changes in chromatic progressions for all voices, and the text explains how singing principles can be used by relying on the ear, the eye, and the sense of vibration in the body. Cloth edition 0-8108-1933-3] published in 1987. Paperback edition available April 2002.

Author: Berton Coffin
ISBN-10: 0810844184
ISBN-13: 9780810844186
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1960
Pages: 313
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.50w x 0.90d

About the Author
The late Berton Coffin's teachings and writings established him as an international authority on vocal pedagogy. Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, Boulder, he also lived and taught in Europe from 1976 to 1983--in his private studio in Vienna; during summers with the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria; and in twenty-one opera houses in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. He presented master classes in the United States and in Europe and served as a visiting professor of voice at U.S. universities. Dr. Coffin, baritone, held academic and professional music degrees from Columbia University, Eastman School of Music, Chicago Musical College, and Earlham College.