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The Cambridge Companion to Singing

Edited by:
John Potter

Online Publication Date:
September 2011

Print Publication Year:
2000

Hardback ISBN:
9780521622257

Online ISBN:
9781139002073

This is the only book to cover in detail so many aspects of the voice, ranging from medieval music to Madonna and beyond. Almost anything one wants to know about singing practices and singing styles can be found here in chapters that cover world music, rock, rap and jazz; European art song, ensemble singing, the English cathedral tradition and the choral movement in the United States; Renaissance, Baroque and Classical singing treatises, contemporary vocal techniques, children's choirs and the teaching of singing today. The contributors are leading international performers and specialists.

Reviews:

"This unique volume is highly recommended for its depth of coverage, uniformly accessible writing, and very reasonable price." Library Journal, August 2000
"With such distinguished authorities as Stephen Banfield, John Rosselli, Stephen Varcoe, and David Mason contributing, the guide covers its wide range of topics accessibly as well as thoroughly for a one-volume work. Those for whom singing is a joyous activity will treasure the book and learn much about the vocal arts that might otherwise take years of personal research." Alan Hirsch, Booklist
"The volume is full of valuable knowledge, transmitted with warmth and enthusiasm..." Annabella Bankhouse, The Times Literary Supplement
"...this book appeals to a wide audience with one thing in common: a love of singing." Chamber Music
"This companion constitutes a general summary of 'where we have come from' at the turn of the century/millennium and suggests that future generations will have to take popular and world culture much more seriously...will interest singers, voice teachers, music theater teachers and practitioners, musicologists, and those who pursue studies in popular culture and interdisciplinary studies involving music." Choice
'… the Companion should encourage anyone remotely interested in singing to venture beyond the Western mainstream and investigate Buddhist chant, qawwali or the challenges of Berio and John Cage.' Richard Wigmore, BBC Music Magazine

1 - Introduction: singing at the turn of the century by John Potter
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pp. 1-6

Popular traditions

2 - ‘Songlines’: vocal traditions in world music by John Schaefer
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pp. 7-27

4 - The evolving language of rap by David Toop
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pp. 42-52

5 - Jazz singing: the first hundred years by John Potter
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pp. 53-60

The voice in the theatre

6 - Stage and screen entertainers in the twentieth century by Stephen Banfield
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pp. 61-82

7 - Song into theatre: the beginnings of opera by John Rosselli
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pp. 83-95

8 - Grand opera: nineteenth-century revolution and twentieth-century tradition by John Rosselli
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pp. 96-108

Choral music and song

10 - English cathedral choirs in the twentieth century by Timothy Day
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pp. 123-132

11 - Sacred choral music in the United States: an overview by Neely Bruce
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pp. 133-148

Performance practices

12 - Some notes on choral singing by Heikki Liimola
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pp. 149-157

14 - The voice in the Middle Ages by Joseph Dyer
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pp. 165-177

15 - Reconstructing pre-Romantic singing technique by Richard Wistreich
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pp. 178-191

16 - Alternative voices: contemporary vocal techniques by Linda Hirst and David Wright
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pp. 192-203

17 - The teaching (and learning) of singing by David Mason
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pp. 204-220

18 - Children's singing by Felicity Laurence
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pp. 221-230

19 - Where does the sound come from? by Johan Sundberg
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pp. 231-247

Notes
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pp. 248-263

Index

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pp. 279-286

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