Barker / Huesca Composing for Voice

Exploring Voice, Language and Music
2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-99855-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Voice Studies

Composing for Voice, Second Edition elucidates how language and music function together from the different perspectives of composers, singers, and actors, providing an understanding of the complex functioning of the voice pedagogically, musicologically, and dramatically. Composing for Voice explores the voice across all musical genres (pop, jazz, folk, classical, opera, musicals, etc.) and the fusion of language and music that is unique to song. The second edition is enlarged to attract a wider readership, across all music and theatre professionals and educators, and with new co-author Maria Huesca attracting a more visible international audience. Interviews, case studies, and qualitiative research have been added.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barker, Paul

Huesca, Maria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikpädagogik, Gesangspädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Voice Today: An Evaluation / A History of the Voice / Vocal vs. Non-Vocal / The View Back / How We Got Here / 2. How the Voice Works: A Composer's Perspective / The Break / Vocal Categories / Legato and Leaps / Air and Breath / Dynamics / Practicing with the Voice / Flexibility and Stamina / Engagement and Disengagement / Composing between the Notes / 3. Different Voices / Bel Canto / The Lyrics Voice / The Belt Voice / The Rap Voice / The Dramatic Voice / The Virtuoso Voice / The Folk Voice / The Crooner / The Mediated Voice / The Live Voice / The Actor's Voices / Extended Vocal Techniques / The Choral Voice: Traditions and Developments / 4. Voice/Text/Music / Text and Music / Text and Voice / The Nature of Language / The Nature of the Singing Voice / Text Effect / Nudity and Performance / Singing and Speaking / Meaning in Music and Words / The Voice and the Body / Professional Hierarchies: Musical and Opera / Text Underlay in Scores / 5. The Singer and the Actor / Singing and Acting / Training / Coaching / Collaborating / 6. Considerations of Style / The Last Romantic Artist / A Shopping List / Some Composers' Solutions / 7. Composers on Singing / Interviews with Composers / 8. Singers on Composers / Interviews with Singers / 9. More Thoughts on Voices / 10. The Synthetic Voice / 11. Educational Activities / Towards a Compositional Theory / Working with Voices / Street Songs / Songs without Words / Words without Songs / Identical Texts / Time Limits / One Breath / Writing a Song for Children to Hear / Improvisation / Further Projects

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Alan Barker is Professor of Music Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London.

Maria Huesca is Lecturer at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London.