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'… immensely stimulating … This book should encourage us, and also make us take more seriously the need for a very different type of voice.' Early Music Review
'The book brings enlightenment of some kind on each page …' Musical Times
'The book brings enlightenment of some kind on each page …' Musical Times
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Why do singers sing in the way they do? Why, for example, is western classical singing so different from pop singing? How is it that Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé could sing together? These are the kinds of questions which John Potter, a singer with the Hilliard Ensemble and Red Byrd, and himself the master of many styles, poses in this fascinating book, which is effectively a history of singing style. He finds the reasons to be primarily ideological rather than specifically musical. His book identifies particular historical 'moments of change' in singing technique and style, and relates these to a three-stage theory of style based on the relationship of singing to text. There is a substantial section on meaning in singing, and a discussion of how the transmission of meaning is enabled or inhibited by different varieties of style or technique.
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The human voice is a marker of individual personality: no two voices sound the same. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
The human voice is a marker of individual personality: no two voices sound the same. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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I was really pleased with this book. I needed a reference book for my MA assignment and this provided a lot of really useful information. The book is divided into chapters, for easy reference of different vocal genres. The pedagogy and ideology is also clear. A well priced and informative book.
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