Singers, Scores and Sounds: Making New Connections and Transforming Voices

This book develops ways of discussing musical practices to articulate a new approach to understanding connections between recordings, singers, and singing.

Centred around materials from the mid-twentieth century, this book focuses on a time when composers and performers were questioning the idea of authorship within their musical practice. Materials drawn upon include recordings, scores, archival content, visual art, interviews, and liner notes to develop a rich conception of practices of p...