A History of Singing
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- Authors:
- John Potter, University of York
- Neil Sorrell, University of York
- Date Published: May 2014
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107630093
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Why do we sing and what first drove early humans to sing? How might they have sung and how might those styles have survived to the present day? This history addresses these questions and many more, examining singing as a historical and cross-cultural phenomenon. It explores the evolution of singing in a global context – from Neanderthal Man to Auto-tune via the infinite varieties of world music from Orient to Occident, classical music from medieval music to the avant-garde and popular music from vaudeville to rock and beyond. Considering singing as a universal human activity, the book provides an in-depth perspective on singing from many cultures and periods: western and non-western, prehistoric to present. Written in a lively and entertaining style, the history contains a comprehensive reference section for those who wish to explore the topic further and will appeal to an international readership of singers, students and scholars.
Read more- The first book to consider singing as a universal human activity, enabling readers to gain a perspective on singing in many cultures and periods
- Written in a lively and accessible style, with a detailed separate reference section for those who want to explore the topic further
- Spans a large historic and cultural breadth, rather than just focusing on Western classical singing, therefore will appeal to a global readership
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"Considering a vast scope of subject matter that is difficult to cover in a single volume, this book provides important historical perspectives on many aspects of singing." --Choice
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- Date Published: May 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107630093
- length: 358 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 150 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.52kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Imagined Voices: Mythology and Muses
Part II. Historical Voices:
1. The genesis of the Western tradition
2. The emerging soloist and the primacy of text
3. The age of the virtuoso
4. The nineteenth-century revolution
Part III. Recorded Voices:
5. A great tradition: singing through history - history through singing
6. Classical singing in the twentieth century: recording and retrenchment
7. Post-classical: beyond the mainstream
8. The emancipation of the popular voice
9. Sung and unsung: singers and songs of the non English-speaking world
Part IV. Sources and Reference:
10. Sources
Bibliography.
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