‘Italian Vocal Music in the Early Nineteenth Century: Historical versus Modern Interpretive Approaches’, Music Research for a New Century, ed. M. Ewans, R. Halton & J. Phillips, Cambridge Scholars Press, London, 2004, pp. 40–53.

[Presented as a lecture-demonstration at the Musicological Society of Australia’s National Conference (2002).]

 

‘Historically Informed Performance: Tonal Colour and Quality in Female Voices for Early Nineteenth Century Italian Opera’, Australian Voice, Vol. 11, ed. A. Nisbet, Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills, Qld, 2005, pp. 47–55.

Prudence E. Dunstone

Singer, Singing Teacher, Musicologist

Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing

Musicological Society of Australia

2004                   Awarded by the University of Newcastle.

Degree completed in 3 years, funded by an Australian Postgraduate Award              (2001–2003).

Topic: Performance Practices in Italian Vocal Music for Women, 1800-1850.

Included were a full thesis & five recitals supporting the research.

 

Recital 1, 2001: Songs by Bellini & Donizetti; Arias by Rossini and Mercadante

Recital 2, 2001: Songs by Bellini, Brambilla & Colbran; Arias by Mercadante, Rossini, Donizetti & Pacini

Recital 3, 2002: The Songs of Verdi and the Repertoire of Giuditta Pasta (arias by Bellini, Nicolini, Paisiello & Mayr)

Recital 4, 2002: The Songs and Repertoire of Maria Malibran (songs by Malibran; arias by Vaccai, Rossini & Bellini)

Recital 5, 2003: Religious Music of the Early 19th Century, and the Repertoire of Rosamunda Pisaroni (sacred music by Rossini & Cherubini; arias by Rossini, Meyerbeer and Paisiello/arr.Dunstone)

Prudence E. Dunstone

Singer, Singing Teacher, Musicologist