Unchained melody: the rise of orality and therapeutic singing / June Boyce-Tillman -- Historical approaches in revealing the singing voice, part 1 / Harm K. Schutte -- Historical approaches in revealing the singing voice, part 2 / Harm K. Schutte -- Ave verum pentium: singing, recording, archiving, and analyzing within the digital domain / Evangelos Himonides -- Practical voice analyses and their application in the studio / Garyth Nair, David M. Howard, and Graham F. Welch -- Future perspectives. Voice range profile-based quality feedback / Peter Pabon ; Hearing modeling spectrography / David M. Howard ; Voice synthesis / Sten Ternstrom ; 3D printed vocal tracts / David M. Howard ; Masterclass teaching at a distance / Research Center for Opera and Technology, KTH Stockholm ; Virtual acoustics / Malte Kob ; The voice in computer music composition / Gerhard Eckel. Singing in emotion / Eduardo Coutinho, Klaus R. Scherer, and Nicola Dibben -- Perceived quality of a singing performance: the importance of context / Evangelos Himonides -- Defining and explaining singing difficulties in adults / Karen Wise -- Vocal performance in occasional singers / Simone Dalla Bella -- Singing as inter- and intra-personal communication / Graham F. Welch and Costanza Preti -- Digital libraries for singing: the example of the AIRS Project / Annabel J. Cohen and Karen M. Ludke -- Socio-cultural, acoustic, and environmental imperatives in the world of singing / Robert Walker -- Fetal, neonatal, and early infant experiences of maternal singing / Sheila C. Woodward -- Mothers as singing mentors for infants / Sandra E. Trehub and Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir -- Singing and invented song-making in infants' and young children's early learning and development: from shared to independent song-making / Margaret S. Barrett-- Children singing: nurture, creativity, and culture. a study of children's music-making in London, UK, and in West Bengal, India / Valentine Harding -- Singing and vocal development / Graham F. Welch -- Boys' singing voice change in adolescence / Jenevora Williams and Scott Harrison -- Adolescent girls' singing development / Lynne Gackle -- The effects of gender on the motivation and benefits associated with community singing in the UK / Diana Parkinson -- Voice management and the older singer / Jane W. Davidson and Lynne Murray -- Systematic development of vocal technique / John Nix -- Addressing the needs of the adult "non-singer" ("NS") / Susan Knight -- Teaching the professional singer / Jean Callaghan -- Mental preparation for the performer / Alma Thomas -- Conservatory teaching and learning / Mary King and John Nix -- Pedagogy of different sung genres / Jeremy Fisher, Gillyanne Kayes, and Lisa Popeil -- The extra-normal voice / Michael Edward Edgerton-- Vocal music and pedagogy of Chinese, African and Indian genres / Yang Yang [and others] -- Contemporary concepts and practices of choral singing / Ursula Geisler and Karin Johansson -- The youth choir / Joy Hill -- Cultural history and a singing style: "the English Cathedral tradition" / Timothy Day -- Perspectives on choral conducting: theory and practice / Colin Durrant and Maria Varvarigou -- Group singing and social identity / Jane W. Davidson and Robert Faulkner -- Intonation and staying in tune in a cappella choral singing / David M. Howard -- Choral singers' perceptions of musical leadership / Dag Jansson -- Can singing have a beneficial effect on lung function and breathing for people with respiratory illness? / Stephen Clift and Rebekah Gilbert -- Singing and psychological needs / Jane W. Davidson and Sandra Garrido -- The effects and benefits of singing individually and in a group / Tores Theorell-- Unchained melody: the rise of orality and therapeutic singing / June Boyce-Tillman -- Historical approaches in revealing the singing voice, part 1 / Harm K. Schutte -- Historical approaches in revealing the singing voice, part 2 / Harm K. Schutte -- Ave verum pentium: singing, recording, archiving, and analyzing within the digital domain / Evangelos Himonides -- Practical voice analyses and their application in the studio / Garyth Nair, David M. Howard, and Graham F. Welch -- Future perspectives. Voice range profile-based quality feedback / Peter Pabon ; Hearing modeling spectrography / David M. Howard ; Voice synthesis / Sten Ternstrom ; 3D printed vocal tracts / David M. Howard ; Masterclass teaching at a distance / Research Center for Opera and Technology, KTH Stockholm ; Virtual acoustics / Malte Kob ; The voice in computer music composition / Gerhard Eckel.
Summary:
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. 0'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. 0In 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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.