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Browse, read or download Free eBooks for singers, singing teachers, musicians, voice practitioners and musicians. These publications were originally published in hard cover between the 1800-1920’s by or about singers and teachers of renown in their time.
Internet Archive. Language. English. 1 online resource (360 pages) From its prehistoric past to its multicultural present, this history examines singing as a historical and universal phenomenon.
This volume could be considered as a good introduction to Western and World singing for both scholars and performers. The authors address the history of singing by considering the socio-political factors that determined its development, and at the same time they address matters of performance.
This volume could be considered as a good introduction to Western and World singing for both scholars and performers. The authors address the history of singing by considering the socio-political factors that determined its development, and at the same time they address matters of performance.
5 cze 2012 · Summary. The original idea for this book was for a single-authored volume by a singer, giving a broad historical overview of singing in a global context.
The history of singing (though not yet the singing itself) changed fundamentally and for ever at the end of the nineteenth century with the serendipitous series of technological breakthroughs that led to machines being able to capture the sound of the human voice.
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.
