Cornelius Reid's Vocal Pedagogy
(last edited: 2021)
author(s): Rita Gasala
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Cornelius Reid was one of the most important vocal pedagogues of the late 20th century. He combined the modern insights afforded by vocal science, physiology, and psychology with the Italian art of Bel Canto. Through his sizable scholarly work, he attempted to revise and revived the 18th century Italian teachers’ techniques, opening a door to the understanding of the lost Bel Canto technique. According to Reid, this technique was centered upon the coordination of the registers: the chest voice and the falsetto. A deep understanding of registration, together with the anatomical knowledge that science shed on the field of voice since the invention of the laryngoscope by García, is what constitutes his method.
