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  • Title Page
  • CONTENTS
  • PROLOGUE
  • BACK TO THE ROOTS: The Folk Voice
  • The Folk Voice: Popular Music and Early Music Revival
  • The Folk Voice: Personal Research and Practice
  • BEYOND BEL CANTO: The Extended Voice
  • The Extended Voice: Composition and Personal Practice
  • The Extended Voice: Personal Research and Technical aspects
  • The Extended Voice: Physical aspects of Timbral Contrasts
  • The Extended Voice: Physical aspects of Vocal Fry, Scream, Inhalation Phonation
  • ANOTHER WORLD: The Absent Voice
  • ANOTHER WORLD: The Transformed Voice
  • ANOTHER WORLD: The Replaced Voice
  • EPILOGUE
  • Bibliography
  • Kristia Michael
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• abstract
  “Searching for the Siren” explores contemporary vocal approaches that mirror the aesthetics and the contemporary perception of defining the elements of Beauty. Specifically, three main thematics are researched: 1) The Folk Voice, which explores how folk elements and timbres enter in classical and popular music, 2) The Extended Voice, which describes the use of extended vocal techniques with reference to technical and physical aspects of timbral contrasts, vocal fry, scream and inhalation phonation, 3) The Absent, Transformed and Replaced Voice which occurred with the technological development. Ends with conclusions around the definition of the mythical creature of the Siren and its relation to the human voice. Every aspect includes personal views, works, performances and syllogisms.
• Kristia Michael - Searching for the Siren | Exploring contemporary vocal aesthetics - 2022
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