By integrating Theoretical approaches to the female voice with the musicological investigation of female singers' practices, the contributors to the volume offer fresh viewpoints on the material, symbolic and cultural aspects of the female voice in the twentieth century. Various styles and genres are covered, including Western art music, experimental composition, popular music. urban folk and jazz. The volume offers a substantial and innovative appraisal of the role of the female voice from the perspective of twentieth-century performance practices, the centrality of female singers' experimentations and extended vocal techniques along with the process of the subjectification of the voice.
Facci, S., Garda, M. (a cura di). (2021). The Female Voice in the Twentieth Century : Material, Symbolic and Aesthetic Dimensions. Routledge.
The Female Voice in the Twentieth Century : Material, Symbolic and Aesthetic Dimensions
Serena Facci
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2021-01-01
Abstract
By integrating Theoretical approaches to the female voice with the musicological investigation of female singers' practices, the contributors to the volume offer fresh viewpoints on the material, symbolic and cultural aspects of the female voice in the twentieth century. Various styles and genres are covered, including Western art music, experimental composition, popular music. urban folk and jazz. The volume offers a substantial and innovative appraisal of the role of the female voice from the perspective of twentieth-century performance practices, the centrality of female singers' experimentations and extended vocal techniques along with the process of the subjectification of the voice.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
