The Cambridge Companion to Singing
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- Editor: John Potter, University of York
- Date Published: May 2000
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521627092
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This is the only book to cover in detail so many aspects of the voice, ranging from medieval music to Madonna and beyond. Almost anything one wants to know about singing practices and singing styles can be found here in chapters that cover world music, rock, rap and jazz; European art song, ensemble singing, the English cathedral tradition and the choral movement in the United States; Renaissance, Baroque and Classical singing treatises, contemporary vocal techniques, children's choirs and the teaching of singing today. The contributors are leading international performers and specialists.
Read more- Provides a truly comprehensive coverage of singing of all kinds, classical and popular
- Edited by a member of the world famous vocal group The Hilliard Ensemble
- Contributors are top professionals from the UK, Europe and the US, many of them well-known performers
Reviews & endorsements
"This unique volume is highly recommended for its depth of coverage, uniformly accessible writing, and very reasonable price." Library Journal, August 2000
See more reviews"With such distinguished authorities as Stephen Banfield, John Rosselli, Stephen Varcoe, and David Mason contributing, the guide covers its wide range of topics accessibly as well as thoroughly for a one-volume work. Those for whom singing is a joyous activity will treasure the book and learn much about the vocal arts that might otherwise take years of personal research." Alan Hirsch, Booklist
"The volume is full of valuable knowledge, transmitted with warmth and enthusiasm..." Annabella Bankhouse, The Times Literary Supplement
"...this book appeals to a wide audience with one thing in common: a love of singing." Chamber Music
"This companion constitutes a general summary of 'where we have come from' at the turn of the century/millennium and suggests that future generations will have to take popular and world culture much more seriously...will interest singers, voice teachers, music theater teachers and practitioners, musicologists, and those who pursue studies in popular culture and interdisciplinary studies involving music." Choice
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- Date Published: May 2000
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521627092
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 247 x 176 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.517kg
- contains: 12 b/w illus. 16 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: singing at the turn of the century John Potter
Part I. Popular Traditions:
2. 'Songlines': vocal traditions in world music John Schaefer
3. Rock singing Richard Middleton
4. The evolving language of rap David Toop
5. Jazz singing: the first hundred years John Potter
Part II. The Voice in the Theatre:
6. Stage and screen entertainers in the twentieth century Stephen Banfield
7. Song into theatre: the beginnings of opera John Rosselli
8. Grand opera: nineteenth-century revolution and twentieth-century tradition John Rosselli
Part III. Choral Music and Song:
9. European art song Stephen Varcoe
10. English cathedral choirs in the twentieth century Timothy Day
11. Sacred choral music in the United States: an overview Neely Bruce
Part IV. Performance Practices:
12. Some notes on choral singing Heikki Liimola
13. Ensemble singing John Potter
14. The voice in the Middle Ages Joseph Dyer
15. Reconstructing pre-Romantic singing technique Richard Wistreich
16. Alternative voices: contemporary vocal techniques Linda Hirst and David Wright
17. The teaching (and learning) of singing David Mason
18. Children's singing Felicity Laurence
19. Where does the sound come from? Johan Sundberg
Notes
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