A History of Singing

by John Potter and Neil Sorrell

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Why do we sing and what first drove early humans to sing? How might they have sung and how might those styles have survived to the present day? This history addresses these questions and many more, examining singing as a historical and cross-cultural phenomenon. It explores the evolution of singing in a global context - from Neanderthal Man to Auto-tune via the infinite varieties of world music from Orient to Occident, classical music from medieval...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521817056

ISBN13:9780521817059

Release Date:March 2012

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:358 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"

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