Vocal Authority
Singing Style and Ideology
- Author: Potter, John
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Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Classical ideology and the pre-history of singing
- 2. The medieval period: religion, literacy and control
- 3. The Italian baroque revolution
- 4. The development of the modern voice
- 5. Concerts, choirs and music halls
- 6. Armstrong to Sinatra: swing and sub-text
- 7. Early music and the avant garde: twentieth-century fragmentation
- 8. Elvis Presley to rap: moments of change since the forties
- 9. Singing and social processes
- 10. Towards a theory of vocal style
- Notes
- List of references
- Index.
