Vox Humana: Alfred Wolfsohn's Experiments in Extension of Human Vocal Range

Various Artists FW06123

Country(s) United Kingdom
Keyword(s) Nature; Science; Sound effects
Instrument(s) Flute; Viola; Violin; Violoncello
Year of Release 1956
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced by Alfred Wolfsohn ; Recorded by Alfred Wolfsohn

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Play	101	Lend Me Your Ears!: Phonation of Words	Marita Günther	0:54
Play	102	Duet in New Vocal Sound Range: Arpeggios	Marita Günther, Jenny Johnson	0:15
Play	103	Boy's Voice: The Word "Bella" / Short Coloratura	Duet in New Vocal Sound Range: Arpeggios	1:10
Play	104	Four & Five Octave Leaps on the word "Viola": Boy / Female Voice / Male Voice	Michael Faraday, Jenny Johnson, Roy Hart	0:51
Play	105	Double & Multiple Stopping by the Voice: Female Voice (Multiple) / Female Voice (Double)	Marita Günther, Jenny Johnson	0:48
Play	106	Demonstration of Different Colorations on Same Notes: Four Male Voices	Ernest Cole, Roy Hart, Thomas Faraday, Julian Keeble	1:26
Play	107	Demonstration of Different Colorations on Same Notes: Five Female Voices	Avis Cole, Gil Johnson, Jenny Johnson, Marita Günther, Irmgard Wersaner	1:27
Play	108	Combination Singing of "Chanson Trieste" (Tchaikovsky): Male and Female Voices	Ernest Cole, Roy Hart, Thomas Faraday, Julian Keeble, Avis Cole, Gil Johnson, Jenny Johnson, Marita	1:27
Play	109	New Registers: Male Voice / Female Voice	Ernest Cole, Gil Johnson	0:45
Play	110	Nine Octaves: Male Voice / Female Voice	Thomas Faraday, Marita Günther	3:36
Play	201	String Quartet for Four Female Voices	Jenny Johnson, Gil Johnson, Avis Cole, Marita Günther	1:11
Play	202	Examples in Single Voice: Violin, Viola, Cello; Double-Bass / Violin (excerpt from Brahms 'Hungarian Dance') / Coloratura of 4 1/2 octaves (excerpt from 'Villanelle' (Eva dell'Acqua)) / "Water Boy" / "Nightingale"	Jenny Johnson	7:46
Play	203	Duets (Voice and Instruments): Female Voice and Viola	n/a	0:36
Play	204	Duets (Voice and Instruments): Male Voice and Cello	n/a	0:36
Play	205	Duets (Voice and Instruments): Female Voice and Violin	n/a	2:08
Play	206	Duets (Voice and Instruments): Female Voice and Flute	n/a	0:34