Singing Utopia: Voice in Musical Theatre
Author:   Ben Macpherson (Reader in Vocal Theatres, Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries, Reader in Vocal Theatres, Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780197557631


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   18 January 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Ben Macpherson (Reader in Vocal Theatres, Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries, Reader in Vocal Theatres, Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 23.50cm , Length: 2.00cm
Weight:   0.507kg
ISBN:  

9780197557631


ISBN 10:   0197557635
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   18 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements List of Figures Author's Note Introduction: Songs for new worlds Part 1: Cultural Contexts Chapter 1: Reaffirmation and rupture-Why this is not opera Chapter 2: Decadent appropriation-The process and politics of singing musical theatre Part 2: Critical Approaches Chapter 3: Two voiceworlds, three choralities-Locating the voice Chapter 4: Intermediate vocalities-Between speech and song Chapter 5: Rediscovering nostalgia-Whose voice is it, anyway? Conclusion: Keep singing, Orpheus Bibliography Index

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Ben Macpherson is Reader in Vocal Theatres at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Joining Portsmouth in 2013, he led the undergraduate musical theatre programme until 2023. Prior to working at Portsmouth, he taught at various other institutions in the UK. He is founding co-editor of Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, an editorial board member of the Studies in Musical Theatre Journal, and has published and presented widely on topics relating to voice studies, musical theatre, and the musical on record - a subject on which he has led several grant-funded projects. He holds a PhD from the University of Winchester, UK.

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