The ideal Orpheus : an analysis of virtuosic self-accompanied singing as an historical vocal performance practice

Evidence of self-accompanied singing in western music permeates elite music making from classical antiquity to the early twentieth century. Originating in the mythology and culture of Ancient Greece, self-accompanied singing became an idiomatic component of medieval song and early Christian depictio...

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Main Author: Bier, Robin
Other Authors: Losseff, Nicky
Published: University of York 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677360