Voice and singing in popular music in the U.S.A. (1900-1960)

美国流行音乐中的声乐和歌唱（1900-1960）

• 批准号: 197472623
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Martin Pfleiderer
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Musikwissenschaft Weimar - Jena
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2010-12-31 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/197472623?language=en
• 关键词: Voice; singing; popular; music; U.S.A.

Voices and vocal expression play a crucial role in almost all genres and styles of popular music. The research project aims at describing means of vocal expression and singing styles from the beginnings of recordings around 1900 until 1960 in order to interpret them in their social and cultural context. In these period the popular music of the USA has globally influenced, intersected, and displaced other regional traditions. The research project includes three major tasks:1. Thorough inspection of vocal recordings of popular music of the USA between 1900-1960 and of information regarding recording processes and social, cultural and media context.2. Systematization and analytical description of vocal techniques and means of vocal creating in various popular music genres, such as blues, gospel music, rhythm'n'blues, american popular song, country and folk music as well as jazz and rock'n'roll3. Interpretation and analysis of selected recordings and singers with regard to musical, social and cultural background as well as to cultural patterns, stereotypes and images.

声音和声音表达在几乎所有的流行音乐流派和风格中起着至关重要的作用。该研究项目旨在描述从1900年到1960年录音开始的声乐表达方式和演唱风格，以便在其社会和文化背景下对其进行解释。在这一时期，美国的流行音乐在全球范围内影响、超越和取代了其他地区的传统。本课题主要包括三个方面的工作：1.彻底检查1900-1960年间美国流行音乐的声乐录音以及有关录音过程和社会，文化和媒体背景的信息。对布鲁斯、福音音乐、节奏布鲁斯、美国流行歌曲、乡村音乐、民间音乐、爵士乐、摇滚乐等各种流行音乐流派中的声乐技巧和声乐创作手段进行系统化、分析性的描述3。从音乐、社会和文化背景以及文化模式、陈规定型观念和形象方面对选定的录音和歌手进行解释和分析。

项目成果

Vocalmetrics: an interactive software for visualization and classification of music

Vocalmetrics：用于音乐可视化和分类的交互式软件

• DOI: 10.1145/2636879.2636884
• 发表时间: 2014
• 作者: Axel Berndt;Rainer Groh;Tilo Hähnel;Martin Pfleiderer;Felix Schönfeld
• 通讯作者: Felix Schönfeld