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8 - Composing for Voice

from Part II - Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2024

By
Toby Young
Edited by
Toby Young
Toby Young
Affiliation:
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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This chapter explores the voice as a complex, expressive instrument. It begins by outlining voice types, techniques, and styles – ranging from opera to musical theatre and popular music –  before looking at the relationship between language and music, and finally exploring the nature of idiomatic vocal writing and so-called extended techniques. The chapter finishes with a nod to the future of vocal music by briefly thinking about the voice in conjunction with electronics.

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Voiceoperamusic theatrerangetext-settingextended techniques
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The Cambridge Companion to Composition , pp. 120 - 138
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Composing for Voice
  • Edited by Toby Young, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Composition
  • Online publication: 25 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917933.009
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  • Composing for Voice
  • Edited by Toby Young, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Composition
  • Online publication: 25 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917933.009
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  • Composing for Voice
  • Edited by Toby Young, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Composition
  • Online publication: 25 May 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917933.009
Available formats
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