"It's a metamorphosis": Guiding the voice change at the American Boychoir School

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-280

  Kennedy, Mary Copland ^a,b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b State University of New Jersey   (United States)

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EID: 61049461260     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3345859     Document Type: Article

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