Singing has been a characteristic behaviour of humanity across several millennia. Including fifty-three chapters by seventy-two authors, drawn from across the world, The Oxford Handbook of Singing is a landmark text on this topic. It is a comprehensive resource that is essential for anyone who wishes to know more about the nature of singing.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- PART 1: The Anatomy and Physiology of Singing
- 1: Gillyanne Kayes: Structure and Function of the Singing Voice
- 2: Tara K Stadelman-Cohen and Robert E Hillman: Voice Dysfunction and Recovery
- 3: John S Rubin and Ruth Epstein: The Healthy Voice, Lifestyle and Voice Protection (including Exercise, Body Work and Diet)
- 4: Filipa M B Lã and Brian P Gill: Physiology and its Impact on the Performance of Singing
- PART 2: The Acoustics of Singing
- 5: Alan Watson: Breathing in Singing
- 6: Christian T Herbst, David M Howard and Jan G Svec: The Sound Source in Singing: Basic Principles and Muscular Adjustments for Fine-tuning Vocal Timbre
- 7: Brad Story: The Vocal Tract in Singing
- 8: Johan Sundberg: The Acoustics of Different Genres of Singing
- 9: Desmond Sergeant: The Developing Voice
- 10: David M Howard and Eric J Hunter: Perceptual Features of Singing
- 11: Harald Jers: The Impact of Location on the Singing Voice
- PART 3: The Psychology of Singing
- 12: Boris A Kleber and Jean Mary Zarate: The Neuroscience of Singing
- 13: Johan Sundberg: Intonation in Singing
- 14: Eduardo Coutinho, Klaus R Scherer and Nicola Dibben: Singing and Emotion
- 15: Evangelos Himonides: Perceived Quality of a Singing Performance: The Importance of Context
- 16: Karen Wise: Defining and Explaining Singing Difficulties in Adults
- 17: Simone Dalla Bella: Vocal Performance in Occasional Singers
- 18: Graham F Welch and Costanza Preti: Singing as Inter- and Intra-personal Communication
- 19: Annabel J Cohen and Karen M Ludke: Digital Libraries for Singing: The Example of the AIRS Project
- PART 4: The Development of Singing across the Lifespan
- 20: Robert Walker: Socio-cultural, Acoustic, and Environmental Imperatives in the World of Singing
- 21: Sheila C Woodward: Fetal, Neonatal and Early Infant Experiences of Maternal Singing
- 22: Sandra E Trehub and Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir: Mothers as Singing Mentors for Infants
- 23: Margaret S Barrett: Singing and Invented Song-making in Infants and Young Children's Early Learning and Development: from Shared to Independent Song-making
- 24: Valentine Harding: Children Singing: Nurture, Creativity, and Culture. A Study of Children's Music-making in London, UK, and in West Bengal, India
- 25: Graham F Welch: Singing and Vocal Development
- 26: Jenevora Williams and Scott Harrison: Boys' Singing Voice Change in Adolescence
- 27: Lynne Gackle: Adolescent Girls' Singing Development
- 28: Diana Parkinson: The Effects of Gender on the Motivation and Benefits Associated with Community Singing in the UK
- 29: Jane Davidson and Lynne Murray: Voice Management and the Older Singer
- PART 5: Singing Pedagogy
- 30: John Nix: Systematic Development of Vocal Technique
- 31: Susan Knight: Addressing the Needs of the Adult "Non-Singer" ("NS")
- 32: Jean Callaghan: Teaching the Professional Singer
- 33: Alma Thomas: Mental Preparation for the Performer
- 34: Mary King and John Nix: Conservatory Teaching and Learning
- 35: Jeremy Fisher, Gillyanne Kayes and Lisa Popeil: Pedagogy of Different Sung Genres
- 36: Michael Edward Edgerton: The Extra-normal Voice
- 37: Yang Yang, Aaron Carter-Enyi, Nandhu Radhakrishnan, Sophie Grimmer, and John Nix: Vocal Music and Pedagogy of Chinese, African and Indian Genres
- PART 6: The Collective 'Choral' Voice
- 38: Ursula Geisler and Karin Johansson: Contemporary Concepts and Practices of Choral Singing
- 39: Joy Hill: The Youth Choir
- 40: Timothy Day: Cultural History and a Singing Style: "The English Cathedral Tradition"
- 41: Colin Durrant and Maria Varvarigou: Perspectives on Choral Conducting: Theory and Practice
- 42: Jane Davidson and Robert Faulkner: Group Singing and Social Identity
- 43: David M Howard: Intonation and Staying in Tune in A Cappella Choral Singing
- 44: Dag Jansson: Choral Singers' Perceptions of Musical Leadership
- PART 7: The Wider Benefits of Singing
- 45: Stephen Clift and Rebekah Gilbert: Can Singing have a Beneficial Effect on Lung Function and Breathing for People with Respiratory Illness?
- 46: Jane W Davidson and Sandra Garrido: Singing and Psychological Needs
- 47: Töres Theorell: The Effects and Benefits of Singing Individually and in a Group
- 48: June Boyce-Tillman: Unchained Melody: The Rise of Orality and Therapeutic Singing
- PART 8: Singing and Technology
- 49: Harm K Schutte: Historical Approaches in Revealing the Singing Voice, Part 1
- 50: Harm K Schutte: Historical Approaches in Revealing the Singing Voice, Part 2
- 51: Evangelos Himonides: Ave Verum Pentium: Singing, Recording, Archiving and Analysing within the Digital Domain
- 52: Garyth Nair (decd), David M Howard, and Graham F Welch: Practical Voice Analyses and their Application in the Studio
- 53: Peter Pabon, David M Howard, Sten Ternström, Malte Kob and Gerhard Eckel: Future Perspectives
