Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Translator's introduction and commentary
• Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation: Preface
• Dedication
• 1. On the qualities of the human voice and its improvement
• 2. On good performance and how to use the voice
• 3. On good performance, with regard to text and music
• 4. On good performance, with regard to ornaments
• 5. On good performance, with regard to Passaggi
• 6. On good performance, with regard to the various genres of vocal forms and in consideration of performing in various places
• 7. On Cadenzas
• 8. On arbitrary variations of the Aria
• Appendix: biographical information on singers and composers mentioned by Hiller
• Bibliography.