In Why Do People Sing? Paddy Scannell explores some of the
mysteries at the heart of vocal communication. What explains the
communicative musicality of the voices between parent and child as
a baby learns to talk? Can readers of fiction hear the voices of
authors and characters within soundless written texts? How has
radio affected voice, talk, music, and singing, and how has it made
them public in new ways? And by putting the voice into recordings,
to what extent have broadcasting technologies provided a radically
new resource for historians? These questions and more are explored
in the first three chapters. In the final chapter, Scannell boldly
puts into words the inexpressible experience of listening to
singing, wherein the glory of the human voice finds its purest
expression. This highly original book makes a distinctive
intervention by stressing the inherently positive qualities of talk
(rather than language) as the basis for communication. Concise and
beautifully written, it is suitable for students and scholars of
media, communication, and other disciplines across the humanities,
as well as general readers with an interest in this fascinating
topic.
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