Conceptions about singing and vocal production in Camillo Maffei's Discorso della voce (1562)

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  • Viviane Alves Kubo Universidade Federal do Paraná

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https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2024.12.8773

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Camillo Maffei, Canto no renascimento, Passaggi no canto, Voz do cortesão, Técnica vocal renascentista

Abstract

The Discorso della Voce (1562), by physician and musician Camillo Maffei, consists of a letter dedicated to his employer Giovanni di Capua. The central objective of the letter is to discuss the singing of passaggi in the absence of a voice teacher. Although this is a unique document—rich in information on voice physiology and ideals of style —there are few works that have exclusively investigated the Discorso, with the present study being the first in Brazil. In addition to providing a translation of significant excerpts from the document, this article discusses Maffei’s thoughts regarding the nature of the voice and singing practice at the end of Italian Renaissance. The treatise’s information has been interpreted based on the traditions of courtliness and rhetorical art concerning the voice, additional writings on passaggi from this period, and Classical and Renaissance concepts of the vocal apparatus.

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Viviane Alves Kubo, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Viviane Alves Kubo is a teacher, singer and musicologist. She graduated in Psychology from UFPR and in Singing from EMBAP/UNESPAR. She completed her Master's degree in music at UFPR, supervised by Silvana Scarinci, and her Doctorate in Music at UNICAMP, supervised by Paulo Kühl, with a sandwich doctorate at UNIBO (Italy), supervised by Lorenzo Bianconi. She is dedicated to researching the historical aspects of vocal pedagogy, with an emphasis on the Renaissance and Baroque periods. She teaches and researches on the undergraduate and postgraduate music courses at the Federal University of Paraná, where she coordinates the extension project LABVOX - Laboratório de Práticas e Estudos em Canto da UFPR.

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2024-12-01

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Alves Kubo, V. (2024). Conceptions about singing and vocal production in Camillo Maffei’s Discorso della voce (1562). Vortex Music Journal, 12, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2024.12.8773

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