On 19 Mar 2004 at 18:55, d. collins wrote:
> Andrew Stiller écrit:
> >Mozart asks the singers to sing "-o e il" on a single note. The note
> >is a long one, but you will never hear a singer divide it in three;
> >rather, it usually comes out "Quest' e 'l fin" or "Questw'il fin"
>
> In many of Monteverdi's madrigals, the original prints often give two
> vowels on one note (end and beginning of a word) in one part, and the
> same text in another part with an elision ("solo il" and "sol'il", for
> instance).
Elision of final vowel on one word with initial vowel of another word
is standard practice in Italian and Latin, the Latin practice going
back well into the Renaissance at least, based on text setting of
mass ordinaries. I was always trained that you don't sing them
rhythmically but as a diphthong.
Of course, in cases like Kyri-e_e-leison, there isn't really a
problem!
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David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc
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