Cambridge Companion to Singing

Name: Cambridge Companion to Singing
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ISBN: 9780521627092

ISBN-10: 0521627095

ISBN-13: 9780521627092

Edition: 2000

Authors: John Potter

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Ranging from medieval music to Madonna and beyond, this book covers in detail the many aspects of the voice. The volume is divided into four broad areas. Popular Traditions begins with an overview of singing traditions in world music and continues with aspects of rock, rap and jazz. The Voice in the Theatre includes both opera singing from the beginnings to the present day and twentieth-century stage and screen entertainers. Choral Music and Song features a history of the art song, essential hints on singing in a larger choir, the English cathedral tradition and a history of the choral movement in the United States. The final substantial section on performance practices ranges from the…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/13/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



List of illustrations


Notes on contributors


Acknowledgements



Introduction: singing at the turn of the century




Popular Traditions



'Songlines': vocal traditions in world music




Rock singing




The evolving language of rap




Jazz singing: the first hundred years




The Voice in the Theatre



Stage and screen entertainers in the twentieth century




Song into theatre: the beginnings of opera




Grand opera: nineteenth-century revolution and twentieth-century tradition




Choral Music and Song



European art song




English cathedral choirs in the twentieth century




Sacred choral music in the United States: an overview




Performance Practices



Some notes on choral singing




Ensemble singing




The voice in the Middle Ages




Reconstructing pre-Romantic singing technique




Alternative voices: contemporary vocal techniques




The teaching (and learning) of singing




Children's singing




Where does the sound come from?



Notes


Select bibliography


Index