The Cambridge Companion to Singing
The Cambridge Companion to Singing
$37.00
USDThis 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.
- 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
"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
Product details
May 2000Paperback
9780521627092
300 pages
247 × 176 × 18 mm
0.517kg
12 b/w illus. 16 music examples
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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
- Select bibliography
- Index.
