| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Contents |
Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: A Declaration of Disinterest -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 The Discovery of Alfred Deller -- Extempore 1 An Inartistic Trick: Physiology and Terminology -- Chapter 2 The Ancient World to the Middle Ages -- Extempore 2 A Famine in Tenors: The Historically Developing Human Larynx -- Chapter 3 Renaissance Europe -- Extempore 3 Are We Too Loud? The Impact of Volume on Singing Styles -- Chapter 4 Late Medieval and Renaissance England -- Extempore 4 Reserved Spaniards: Cultural Stereotypes and the High Male Voice -- Chapter 5 Baroque Europe -- Extempore 5 Into Man's Estate: Changing Boys' Voices and Nascent Falsettists -- Chapter 6 Baroque England -- Extempore 6 A Musicological Red Herring: The Etymology of the Counter-Tenor -- Chapter 7 The Nineteenth Century -- Extempore 7 The Bearded Lady: Gender Identity and Falsetto -- Chapter 8 The Early Twentieth Century -- Extempore 8The Angel's Voice: Falsetto in Popular Music -- Chapter 9 The Modern Counter-Tenor -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backcover |
| Summary |
Covering a period from the Ancient World to the present day, the book suggests that until very recently, falsettists and counter-tenors have been distinct vocal genres |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 20, 2014) |
| Subject |
Countertenors.
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Singing -- History
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Singing -- Methods.
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Vocal music -- History and criticism.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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Countertenors
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Singing
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Vocal music
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Countertenor Sänger
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Gesang
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Countertenor.
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Gesang.
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Sångteknik -- historia.
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Falsett (röst)
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Countertenor (röst)
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Kastratsångare.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Methods (Music)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781782043553 |
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1782043551 |
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