The Oxford Handbook of Singing

di Graham Welch (Autore)

David Howard (Autore)

John Nix (Autore)

Oxford University Press, 2020

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. 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. In 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.

• Autore: Graham Welch, David Howard, John Nix
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Collana: Oxford Library of Psychology
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 1188 p.
• Dimensioni: 243 x 170 mm
• Peso: 2164 gr.
• EAN: 9780192894182

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