Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Potter, John (Tenor)

Description

1. x, 286 pages : illustrations, charts; 26 cm.

Series statement

1. The Cambridge companions to music

Uniform title

1. Cambridge companions to music.

Subject

1. Choral singing > History
2. Singing > History
3. Vocal music > History and criticism
4. Performance practice (Music)

Contents

1. 1. Introduction: singing at the turn of the century / John Potter -- Pt. I. Popular traditions. 2. 'Songlines': vocals 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 -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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.
2. 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.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.