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Finding Happiness Singing with Others
Algonquin Books
July 2013
On Sale: July 2, 2013
256 pages
ISBN: 1616200413
EAN: 9781616200411
Kindle: B00AFKIRIC
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Non-Fiction
Why do we sing? For Stacy Horn, singing in a community
choir--the Choral Society of Grace Church in New York--is
the one thing in her life that never fails to take her to a
transcendent place and remind her that everything good is
possible. She's not particularly religious and (she'll be
the first to point out) her voice isn't exactly the stuff of
legend, but like thousands of other amateur chorus members
throughout this country and the world, singing with
other people makes her happy.
As Horn relates
her funny and profound experiences as a choir member, she
treats us to an eclectic history of group singing and the
music that moves us, whether we're hearing it for the first
time or the hundredth; the dramatic stories of conductors
and composers; and discoveries from the new science of
singing, including the remarkable physical benefits of
song.
Life can be hard, battles continue to
rage all around us, and by midlife most of us have had our
share of disappointments. Here is the unexpected story of
one woman who nevertheless has found joy and strength in the
weekly ritual of singing some of the greatest music humanity
has ever produced.
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