The biggest successes from his output were often his renditions in the khayal, a modern genre of classical singing that allows flexibility and improvisation.

Classical singing had a unique impression on me growing up, though.

The essential requirements of a coach for classical singing include fine keyboard technique and immense stylistic and linguistic authority.

It would take years of rigorous training in the theory and practice of classical singing before she began performing in public in the early 1940s.

From a singer who made his name primarily as a lieder and concert artist - perhaps the most intellectually demanding areas of classical singing - this doesn't quite ring true.

It's a singing competition, it's more than just standing there being a spectacle.

We all know it's not a singing competition - it's just vote for your neighbour.

So, please spare us the outrage and any pretence it's 'a singing competition', will you.

It's not just a singing competition, it's about everything.

Ultimately with a singing competition it comes down to the sound that you produce.

If you were asked to perform as another singing star, who would you choose to be?

The couple's on-off relationship has kept gossip columnists agog since 2007, but it turns out he harbours ambitions of becoming a singing star himself.

A new career as a singing star now opened up for him, and in the following years he was able to choose his own material.

This seemed an odd complaint from a singing star paid to entertain an audience.

What fascinated me was that he was a singing star.

Your dream date has a responsible day job and a singing talent.

His apparent lack of singing talent can also be called into question.

She worked as a secretary, developing her singing talent as an amateur with a local operatic society.

She also admitted she hoped her dad would one day hear her songs as their distant relationship meant he was unaware of her singing talent.

I have my doubts, because that would mean singing talent alone would not make you a senior government official.

Her style of singing and her voice really add to that track, too.

The riches here preserve an all-but-lost style of singing.

But her deeply soulful, wonderfully honest style of singing has a loyal following.

The air full of smoke and soot must have given rise to our style of singing.

Caracol claimed his style of singing was unique.

Her vocal utterances range from traditional singing to chirping, cackling and deep throat noises.

In this traditional singing style, female singers produce melodies from deep in their throats.

There she heard traditional singing for the first time and began to write down the songs she heard.

The lining out of hymns had been the traditional singing style of the 18th century, when hymn books were expensive and rare.

In the traditional singing approach rather style remains to be her main consideration, less than such mechanical effect repetition.

It works, partly thanks to some wonderful singing.

If you're single, your new love has a law-linked job, plus a wonderful singing voice.

He was skilled with basic weaponry and was known to have a wonderful singing voice.

He excelled in everything he did: he had this wonderful singing voice, but mostly as a writer, that's what he liked to do above everything else: writing songs.