How high should boys sing? gender, authenticity and credibility in the young male voice /
A boy sings ... a beautiful thing' (www.boychoirs.org), but is it? What kinds of boy, singing what kinds of music and to whom? Martin Ashley presents a unique consideration of boys' singing that shows the high voice to be historically, culturally and physiologically more problematic even t...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
2009.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
| Summary: | A boy sings ... a beautiful thing' (www.boychoirs.org), but is it? What kinds of boy, singing what kinds of music and to whom? Martin Ashley presents a unique consideration of boys' singing that shows the high voice to be historically, culturally and physiologically more problematic even than is commonly assumed. Through Ashley's extensive conversations with young performers and analysis of their reception by 'peer audiences', the research reveals that the common supposition that 'boys don't want to sound like girls' is far from adequate in explaining the 'missing males' syndrome that can perple. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 182 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754696148 (electronic bk.) 0754696146 (electronic bk.) 0754664759 (Cloth) 9780754664758 (Cloth) |