Welch, Graham - The Oxford Handbook of Singing

Singing has been a characteristic behaviour of humanity across several millennia. Including fifty-three chapters by seventy-two authors, drawn from across the world, The Oxford Handbook of Singing is a landmark text on this topic. It is a comprehensive resource that is essential for anyone who wishes to know more about the nature of singing.

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CONTENTS

PART 1: The Anatomy and Physiology of Singing
1 Gillyanne Kayes: Structure and Function of the Singing Voice
2 Tara K Stadelman-Cohen and Robert E Hillman: Voice Dysfunction and Recovery
3 John S Rubin and Ruth Epstein: The Healthy Voice, Lifestyle and Voice Protection (including Exercise, Body Work and Diet)
4 Filipa M B La and Brian P Gill: Physiology and its Impact on the Performance of Singing
PART 2: The Acoustics of Singing
5 Alan Watson: Breathing in Singing
6 Christian T Herbst, David M Howard and Jan G Svec: The Sound Source in Singing: Basic Principles and Muscular Adjustments for Fine-tuning Vocal Timbre
7 Brad Story: The Vocal Tract in Singing
8 Johan Sundberg: The Acoustics of Different Genres of Singing
9 Desmond Sergeant: The Developing Voice
10 David M Howard and Eric J Hunter: Perceptual Features of Singing
11 Harald Jers: The Impact of Location on the Singing Voice
PART 3: The Psychology of Singing
12 Boris A Kleber and Jean Mary Zarate: The Neuroscience of Singing
13 Johan Sundberg: Intonation in Singing
14 Eduardo Coutinho, Klaus R Scherer and Nicola Dibben: Singing and Emotion
15 Evangelos Himonides: Perceived Quality of a Singing Performance: The Importance of Context
16 Karen Wise: Defining and Explaining Singing Difficulties in Adults
17 Simone Dalla Bella: Vocal Performance in Occasional Singers
18 Graham F Welch and Costanza Preti: Singing as Inter- and Intra-personal Communication
19 Annabel J Cohen and Karen M Ludke: Digital Libraries for Singing: The Example of the AIRS Project
PART 4: The Development of Singing across the Lifespan
20 Robert Walker: Socio-cultural, Acoustic, and Environmental Imperatives in the World of Singing
21 Sheila C Woodward: Fetal, Neonatal and Early Infant Experiences of Maternal Singing
22 Sandra E Trehub and Helga Rut Gudmundsdottir: Mothers as Singing Mentors for Infants
23 Margaret S Barrett: Singing and Invented Song-making in Infants and Young Children's Early Learning and Development: from Shared to Independent Song-making
24 Valentine Harding: Children Singing: Nurture, Creativity, and Culture. A Study of Children's Music-making in London, UK, and in West Bengal, India
25 Graham F Welch: Singing and Vocal Development
26 Jenevora Williams and Scott Harrison: Boys' Singing Voice Change in Adolescence
27 Lynne Gackle: Adolescent Girls' Singing Development
28 Diana Parkinson: The Effects of Gender on the Motivation and Benefits Associated with Community Singing in the UK
29 Jane Davidson and Lynne Murray: Voice Management and the Older Singer
PART 5: Singing Pedagogy
30 John Nix: Systematic Development of Vocal Technique
31 Susan Knight: Addressing the Needs of the Adult Non-Singer (NS)
32 Jean Callaghan: Teaching the Professional Singer
33 Alma Thomas: Mental Preparation for the Performer
34 Mary King and John Nix: Conservatory Teaching and Learning
35 Jeremy Fisher, Gillyanne Kayes and Lisa Popeil: Pedagogy of Different Sung Genres
36 Michael Edward Edgerton: The Extra-normal Voice
37 Yang Yang, Aaron Carter-Enyi, Nandhu Radhakrishnan, Sophie Grimmer, and John Nix: Vocal Music and Pedagogy of Chinese, African and Indian Genres
PART 6: The Collective 'Choral' Voice
38 Ursula Geisler and Karin Johansson: Contemporary Concepts and Practices of Choral Singing
39 Joy Hill: The Youth Choir
40 Timothy Day: Cultural History and a Singing Style: The English Cathedral Tradition
41 Colin Durrant and Maria Varvarigou: Perspectives on Choral Conducting: Theory and Practice
42 Jane Davidson and Robert Faulkner: Group Singing and Social Identity
43 David M Howard: Intonation and Staying in Tune in A Cappella Choral Singing
44 Dag Jansson: Choral Singers' Perceptions of Musical Leadership
PART 7: The Wider Benefits of Singing
45 Stephen Clift and Rebekah Gilbert: Can Singing have a Beneficial Effect on Lung Function and Breathing for People with Respiratory Illness?
46 Jane W Davidson and Sandra Garrido: Singing and Psychological Needs
47 Tores Theorell: The Effects and Benefits of Singing Individually and in a Group
48 June Boyce-Tillman: Unchained Melody: The Rise of Orality and Therapeutic Singing
PART 8: Singing and Technology
49 Harm K Schutte: Historical Approaches in Revealing the Singing Voice, Part 1
50 Harm K Schutte: Historical Approaches in Revealing the Singing Voice, Part 2
51 Evangelos Himonides: Ave Verum Pentium: Singing, Recording, Archiving and Analysing within the Digital Domain
52 Garyth Nair (decd), David M Howard, and Graham F Welch: Practical Voice Analyses and their Application in the Studio
53 Peter Pabon, David M Howard, Sten Ternstrom, Malte Kob and Gerhard Eckel: Future Perspectives

Series	Oxford Library of Psychology