The supernatural voice : a history of high male singing / Simon Ravens.

Av: Språk: Engelska Utgivning: Woodbridge, UK : The Boydell Press, 2014Beskrivning: ix, 244 s. ill., musiknoter 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781843839620
Ämne: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 783.86 23/swe
LC-klassifikation:
  • MT820
SAB-klassifikation:
  • Ijnj
Innehåll:
The discovery of Alfred Deller ; An inartistic trick: physiology and terminology ; The ancient world to the Middle ages ; A famine in tenors: the historically developing human larynx ; Renaissance Europe ; Are we too loud? The impact of volume on singing styles ; Late medieval and Renaissance England ; Reserved Spaniards: cultural stereotypes and the high male voice ; Baroque Europe ; Into man's estate: changing boys' voices and nascent falsettists ; Baroque England ; A musicological red herring: the etymology of the counter-tenor ; The nineteenth century ; The bearded lady: gender identity and falsetto ; The early twentieth century ; The angel's voice: falsetto in popular music ; The modern counter-tenor
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Book Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A B30.013 1 Available 26201837205
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Innehåller bibliografi och index

The discovery of Alfred Deller ; An inartistic trick: physiology and terminology ; The ancient world to the Middle ages ; A famine in tenors: the historically developing human larynx ; Renaissance Europe ; Are we too loud? The impact of volume on singing styles ; Late medieval and Renaissance England ; Reserved Spaniards: cultural stereotypes and the high male voice ; Baroque Europe ; Into man's estate: changing boys' voices and nascent falsettists ; Baroque England ; A musicological red herring: the etymology of the counter-tenor ; The nineteenth century ; The bearded lady: gender identity and falsetto ; The early twentieth century ; The angel's voice: falsetto in popular music ; The modern counter-tenor

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