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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.
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.
5 cze 2012 · 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.
s-cultural phenom-enon. It explores the evolution of singing in a global context – from Neanderthal man to Auto-tune via the infi nite varieties of world music from Orient to Occident, classical music from medieval to the avant-garde, and popular music from vaudev.
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.
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 work provides a good introduction for readers concerned with singing, whether medieval or not.
5 cze 2012 · 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...
