Composing for Voice

Composing for Voice: Exploring Voice, Language and Music, Second Edition, elucidates how language and music function together from the perspectives of composers, singers and actors, providing an understanding of the complex functions of the voice pedagogically, musicologically and dramatically. Composing for Voice examines the voice across a wide range of musical genres (including pop, jazz, folk, classical, opera and the musical) and explores the fusion of language and music that is unique to song. This second edition is enlarged to attract a wider readership amongst all music and theatre professionals and educators, whilst also engaging an international audience with the introduction of new co-author Maria Huesca._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ New to the second edition:_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ A review of the history of singing_x005F_x000D_ An overview of the development of melisma_x005F_x000D_ A chapter to help performers understand each other, as singers and actors often receive disparate educations_x005F_x000D_ Case studies and qualitative research around song, lyric and meaning_x005F_x000D_ A discussion of the synthetic voice_x005F_x000D_ An introduction to the concept of embodied composition_x005F_x000D_ Interviews with composers and singers_x005F_x000D_ Summaries of various vocal styles_x005F_x000D_ A website with links to performances discussed, as well as related workshops: www.composingforvoice.com_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Composing for Voice: Exploring Voice, Language and Music, Second Edition, articulates possibilities for the practical exploration of language, music and voice by composers, singers and actors.