The Oxford handbook of singing / edited by Graham Welch, David M. Howard, and John Nix.

SeriesOxford library of psychology
[Oxford Handbooks]
Oxford handbooks. ^A611862
Oxford library of psychology. ^A1020992
Summary 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. 0'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. 0In 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.
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Issued in other formElectronic version: Oxford handbook of singing. [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2014 9780199660773
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018965378
ISBN0199660778 hardback
ISBN9780199660773 hardback
ISBN9780192894182 paperback