John Potter

History of Singing (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why do we sing and what first drove early humans to sing? How might they have sung and how might those styles have survived to the present day? This history addresses these questions and many more, examining singing as a historical and cross-cultural phenomenon. It explores the evolution of singing in a global context - from Neanderthal Man to Auto-tune via the infinite varieties of world music from Orient to Occident, classical music from medieval music to the avant-garde and popular music from vaudeville to rock and beyond. Considering singing as a universal human activity, the book provides an in-depth perspective on singing from many cultures and periods: Western and non-Western, prehistoric to present. Written in a lively and entertaining style, the history contains a comprehensive reference section for those who wish to explore the topic further and will appeal to an international readership of singers, students and scholars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139209359
• Artikelnr.: 52997295

Autorenporträt

John Potter is an Army chaplain, a Christian pastor, and a Religion professor. He has pastored churches in the Midwest since 2002. John has overseas deployment experience and has conducted over 100 suicide interventions for service members, veterans, and military families. Chaplain Potter has served on the Governor's Behavioral Health Services Planning Council Suicide Prevention Subcommittee; the Governor's Challenge to Prevent Suicide for Service Members, Veterans, & Families Initiative; and the American Association of Suicidology's Military & Veteran Committee. John is known for his scholarly acumen and pastor's heart. He is a popular suicide prevention trainer, speaker, and author who strongly believes that suicide is preventable, saving lives is possible, and that you can make a difference in the life of others. John studied at Kansas State University and Nazarene Theological Seminary before earning a Doctor of Ministry degree in Spiritual Formation from Azusa Pacific Seminary.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Imagined Voices: Mythology and Muses
Part II. Historical Voices: 1. The genesis of the Western tradition
2. The emerging soloist and the primacy of text
3. The age of the virtuoso
4. The nineteenth-century revolution
Part III. Recorded Voices: 5. A great tradition: singing through history - history through singing
6. Classical singing in the twentieth century: recording and retrenchment
7. Post-classical: beyond the mainstream
8. The emancipation of the popular voice
9. Sung and unsung: singers and songs of the non English-speaking world
Part IV. Sources and Reference: 10. Sources
Bibliography.