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 enlarge | Author: Alfred A. Tomatis
Creators: Roberta Prada, Pierre Sollier, Francis Keeping
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 81687
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0810851377
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.78
EAN: 9780810851375
ASIN: 0810851377
Publication Date: December 28, 2004
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 Prick Up Your Ears October 25, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Singers and those who use their voices tend to take their listening faculty for granted until they experience vocal difficulties, and even then, it is not first on their list. Often they first go to a voice doctor, often with dubious results. But as Tomatis informs us in this excellent translation by Roberta Prada, Pierre Sollier and Francis Keeping, there is much know about the small organ located on either side of our head behind our earlobes. Knowing how the ears work and how to use them to best advangtage is what this book is all about.
Dr. Alfred Tomatis was a pioneer in the study and rehabilitation of the listening faculty, which, to be properly understood, is something more than the passive reception of sounds. Singers, especially those classically trained, understand this intuitively. They use their voices in ways that far exceed that of normal everyday speech. This is a skill that implies a connection between the ear and the body that is only now becooming better understood. Tomatis sheds great light on the matter. He truly is the Christopher Culumbus or the Ear, taking the reader into uncharted territory, yet in the end, showing singer and listener alike what is posisble when they prick up their ears. A fascinating journey.
Daniel Shigo
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A very interesting work ! October 9, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the best of the books of Pr A. Tomatis. Translation by Roberta Prada is very well done, precise, with some improvements to the original text.
I recommend to everybody, especially singers and musicians to read and reread it !
Dr Bernard Auriol
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