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Lotte Lehmann

其他書名	Artist Teacher
出版	Conservatory of Music. University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1990
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WnMZAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Lotte Lehmann was one of the foremost singers of the twentieth century, whose life spanned successful careers in opera, on the recital stage, and as an artist teacher. Few singers have been so acclaimed for accomplishments in all three of these areas of the music profession. Her association with such notable musicians as Arturo Toscanini, Richard Strauss, and Bruno Walter made her career a significant link between the late-romantic style and twentieth-century performers. The purpose of this research is to examine her teaching style, to determine Lehmann's influence on her students, and to ascertain what artistic legacy was passed on to them. This study traces Lehmann's life from childhood and early training, through her development and subsequent emergence as a professional singer in Europe and the United States, and in her role at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. The data on Lehmann's teaching style was derived from audio and video tapes of private lessons, master classes, and interviews, personal documents and memorabilia from the Lotte Lehmann Archives at the University of Southern California-Santa Barbara, and a questionnaire sent to forty-two former Lehmann students, twenty-nine (69%) of whom responded. The student survey was divided into topics pertinent to the study of singing: technique, repertoire, languages, interpretation, and career advice. Selected Lehmann views and her comments to the students regarding these topics are included. The conclusions drawn from these sources show that Lehmann's teaching placed much more priority on interpretation of the text than on matters of technique. She considered her primary role to consist of inspiring students to recreate the essence of the poem or libretto and perpetuating performance traditions of nineteenth-century and late-romantic opera and German lieder.