eprintid: 10003927 rev_number: 26 eprint_status: archive userid: 587 source: pure dir: disk0/00/00/39/27 datestamp: 2010-05-06 13:29:19 lastmod: 2017-12-07 21:10:21 status_changed: 2010-05-06 13:29:19 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Himonides, Evangelos creators_id: e.himonides@ioe.ac.uk title: Mapping a beautiful voice : theoretical considerations ispublished: pub divisions: B14 keywords: Mixed methods, Music, Experimental research, Effectiveness of further and higher education, beautiful singing, perception of quality, psychoacoustics, vocal pedagogy, voice beauty abstract: The prime purpose of this paper is to draw on a range of diverse literatures to clarify those elements thatare perceived to constitute a ‘beautiful’ sung performance. The text rehearses key findings from existingliteratures in order to determine the extent to which particular elements might appear the most salientfor an individual listener and also ‘quantifiable’ (in the sense of being open to empirical study). Thepaper concludes with a theoretical framework for the elements that are likely to construct and shape ourresponses to particular sung performances. date: 2009-11 date_type: published oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Music, Technology and Education volume: 2 number: 1 pagerange: 25-54 pages: 30 refereed: TRUE issn: 1752-7066 citation: Himonides, Evangelos; (2009) Mapping a beautiful voice : theoretical considerations. Journal of Music, Technology and Education , 2 (1) pp. 25-54. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10003927/1/Himonides2009Mapping25.pdf