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

Author:
Ravens, Simon
Published:
Suffolk, England ; New York : The Boydell Press, 2014.
Copyright Date:
©2014
Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations, photographs
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Discovery of Alfred Deller -- Extempore 1 An Inartistic Trick: Physiology and Terminology -- ch. 2 The Ancient World to the Middle Ages -- Extempore 2 A Famine in Tenors: The Historically Developing Human Larynx -- ch. 3 Renaissance Europe -- Extempore 3 Are We Too Loud? The Impact of Volume on Singing Styles -- ch. 4 Late Medieval and Renaissance England -- Extempore 4 Reserved Spaniards: Cultural Stereotypes and the High Male Voice -- ch. 5 Baroque Europe -- Extempore 5 Into Man's Estate: Changing Boys' Voices and Nascent Falsettists -- ch. 6 Baroque England -- Extempore 6 A Musicological Red Herring: The Etymology of the Counter-Tenor -- ch. 7 The Nineteenth Century -- Extempore 7 The Bearded Lady: Gender Identity and Falsetto -- ch. 8 The Early Twentieth Century -- Extempore 8 The Angel's Voice: Falsetto in Popular Music -- ch. 9 The Modern Counter-Tenor.
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ISBN:
9781782043553 (e-book)
1782043551 (e-book)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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