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1 online resource (360 pages) From its prehistoric past to its multicultural present, this history examines singing as a historical and universal phenomenon. Cover; A HISTORY OF SINGING; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Imagined voices; Chapter 1 Origins, myths and muses; WHAT MAKES US SING?;
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.
11 kwi 2019 · PDF | Singing has been a characteristic behaviour of humanity across several millennia. Chorus America (2009) estimated that 42.6 million adults and... | Find, read and cite all the research...
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.
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.
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 vaudeville to rock and beyond. Considering singing as a universal human activity, the book provides an in-depth perspective on singing from many cultures and periods:
