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The Oxford Handbook of Singing

The Oxford Handbook of Singing

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Singing has been a characteristic behaviour of humanity across several millennia. Chorus America (2009) estimated that 42.6 million adults and children regularly sing in one of 270,000 choruses in the US, representing more than 1::5 households. Similarly, recent European-based data suggest that more than 37 million adults take part in group singing. The Oxford Handbook of Singing is a landmark text on this topic. It is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wishes to know more about the pluralistic nature of singing. In part, the narrative adopts a lifespan approach, pre-cradle to senescence, to illustrate that singing is a commonplace behaviour which is an essential characteristic of our humanity. In the overall design of the Handbook, the chapter contents have been clustered into eight main sections, embracing fifty-three chapters by seventy-two authors, drawn from across the world, with each chapter illustrating and illuminating a particular aspect of singing. Offering a multi-disciplinary perspective embracing the arts and humanities, physical, social and clinical sciences, the book will be valuable for a broad audience within those fields.
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OUP Oxford
88265
9780199660773
9780199660773

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Publication date
2019
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
1200
Dimensions (mm)
171 x 246
Weight (g)
2410
  • PART 1: The Anatomy and Physiology of Singing; Structure and Function of the Singing Voice; Voice Dysfunction and Recovery; The Healthy Voice, Lifestyle and Voice Protection (including Exercise, Body Work and Diet); Physiology and its Impact on the Performance of Singing; PART 2: The Acoustics of Singing; Breathing in Singing; The Sound Source in Singing: Basic Principles and Muscular Adjustments for Fine-tuning Vocal Timbre; The Vocal Tract in Singing; The Acoustics of Different Genres of Singing; The Developing Voice; Perceptual Features of Singing; The Impact of Location on the Singing Voice; PART 3: The Psychology of Singing; The Neuroscience of Singing; Intonation in Singing; Singing and Emotion; Perceived Quality of a Singing Performance: The Importance of Context; Defining and Explaining Singing Difficulties in Adults; Vocal Performance in Occasional Singers; Singing as Inter- and Intra-personal Communication; Digital Libraries for Singing: The Example of the AIRS Project; PART 4: The Development of Singing across the Lifespan; Socio-cultural, Acoustic, and Environmental Imperatives in the World of Singing; Fetal, Neonatal and Early Infant Experiences of Maternal Singing; Mothers as Singing Mentors for Infants; Singing and Invented Song-making in Infants and Young Childrens Early Learning and Development: from Shared to Independent Song-making; Children Singing: Nurture, Creativity, and Culture. A Study of Childrens Music-making in London, UK, and in West Bengal, India; Singing and Vocal Development; Boys Singing Voice Change in Adolescence; Adolescent Girls Singing Development; The Effects of Gender on the Motivation and Benefits Associated with Community Singing in the UK; Voice Management and the Older Singer; PART 5: Singing Pedagogy; Systematic Development of Vocal Technique; Addressing the Needs of the Adult Non-Singer (NS); Teaching the Professional Singer; Mental Preparation for the Performer; Conservatory Teaching and Learning; Pedagogy of Different Sung Genres; The Extra-normal Voice; Vocal Music and Pedagogy of Chinese, African and Indian Genres; PART 6: The Collective Choral Voice; Contemporary Concepts and Practices of Choral Singing; The Youth Choir; Cultural History and a Singing Style: The English Cathedral Tradition; Perspectives on Choral Conducting: Theory and Practice; Group Singing and Social Identity; Intonation and Staying in Tune in A Cappella Choral Singing; Choral Singers Perceptions of Musical Leadership; PART 7: The Wider Benefits of Singing; Can Singing have a Beneficial Effect on Lung Function and Breathing for People with Respiratory Illness?; Singing and Psychological Needs; The Effects and Benefits of Singing Individually and in a Group; Unchained Melody: The Rise of Orality and Therapeutic Singing; PART 8: Singing and Technology; Historical Approaches in Revealing the Singing Voice, Part 1; Historical Approaches in Revealing the Singing Voice, Part 2; Ave Verum Pentium: Singing, Recording, Archiving and Analysing within the Digital Domain; Practical Voice Analyses and their Application in the Studio; Future Perspectives;
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