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How High Should Boys Sing?: Gender, Authenticity and Credibility in the Young Male Voice

How High Should Boys Sing?: Gender, Authenticity and Credibility in the Young Male Voice

Ashley, Martin

Hardcover

Music Instruction: General

ISBN10: 0754664759
ISBN13: 9780754664758
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 21 2009
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
'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. The book intertwines the study of singing with the study of identity to create a rich resource for musicians, scholars, teachers and all those concerned with young male involvement in music through singing. The conclusions of the book will challenge many attitudes and unconsidered positions through its argument that many boys actually want to sing but are discouraged by a failure of the adult world to understand the boy mind. Ashley intends the book to stand as an indictment of much complacency and myopia with regard to the young male voice.

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