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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Main Author: Ashley, Martin, 1953-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2009.
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