Choral Masterpieces

Author : Nicholas Tarling
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442234536

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Choral Masterpieces by Nicholas Tarling Pdf

In Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor, historian Nicholas Tarling surveys the landscape of choral works, some standard masterpieces that are commonly performed by choruses around the world, others deserving a second, closer look. As noted in the foreword by Uwe Grodd , music director of the Auckland Choral Society, this work “is a collection of essays about a number of outstanding works, including Beethoven’s Miss Solemnis and Britten’s War Requiem, but he also invites attention to lesser masterpieces. If the choral movement, which includes both singers and listeners, is to survive, new works must be created and repertory expanded. The book is an easy and captivating read even if you are not a chorister.” Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor features short essays on over 28 works, from major masterpieces such as Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion to off-the-beaten path choral works such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha and Frederick Delius’ A Mass of Life. Throughout, Tarling offers assessments that sparkle with unique insights and at the same time ground listener’s in the historical contexts of the work’s production and performance. Each work is transformed in Tarling’s able hands from musical work into a window into the mind and milieu of the composer. Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor mixes choral mainstays with works that demand revisiting. Choral singers and their audiences, as well as choral societies and their directions and promoters, will find ample food for thoughts in these meditations on the choral tradition.

Author : Ralph Allwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : PSU:000054362055

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Russian choral masterpieces by Ralph Allwood Pdf

(Music Sales America). An original and exciting collection of anthems and other choral pieces written for the Orthodox Church and inspired by the Church in Russia, selected by Ralph Allwood. Partly because of the re-emergence of the Church in the former Soviet Union, interest in Christian musical sources alternative to the great body of the Anglican and other Western Christian traditions has grown sharply in recent years. Though the works presented here may be unfamiliar, they are all masterly. Designed to appeal to choirs of various levels, the collection includes a "Kontakion and Ikos" for the funeral service, anthems by Great Russian Romantics: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Grechaninov; and composers from our age: Stravinsky, Schnittke, or Arvo Part speaking for a tradition outside the Orthodox Church, as well as settings of the "Lord's Prayer" in both Russian and English by John Tavener.

Author : Jonathan D. Green
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : 0810860465

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A Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth-century Choral-orchestral Works by Jonathan D. Green Pdf

This text serves as a field guide to the principal choral-orchestral repertoire of the nineteenth century. It provides conductors with the information they will need to make programming decisions, and it provides scholars with a starting point for research on these works.

Author : Melvin Berger
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:49015003456747

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Guide to Choral Masterpieces by Melvin Berger Pdf

Author : Jonathan D. Green
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Music
ISBN : 081083376X

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A Conductor's Guide to Choral-orchestral Works, Twentieth Century, Part II by Jonathan D. Green Pdf

This innovative survey of large choral-orchestral works is a continuation of the author's previous study of twentieth century works with English texts. Green examines nearly one hundred works, from Rachmaninov's Vesna to Penderecki's Song of Songs. For each work, he provides a biography of the composer, complete instrumentation, text sources, editions, availability of performing materials, performance issues, discography, and bibliography of the composer and the work. Based upon direct score study, each work has been evaluated in terms of potential performance problems, rehearsal issues, and level of difficulty for both the choir and orchestra. When present, solo roles are described. The composers represented in this work include Bela Bartok, Leonard Bernstein, Ernest Bloch, Maurice Duruf , Hans Werner Henze, Paul Hindemith, Arthur Honegger, Leos Janacek, Gy rgy Ligeti, Gustav Mahler, Carl Orff, Krzysztof Penderecki, Francis Poulenc, Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern, and Kurt Weill. Written as a field guide for conductors and others involved in programming concerts for choir and orchestra, this text will prove a useful source of new repertoire ideas and an invaluable aid to rehearsal preparation.

Author : Jonathan D. Green
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : 0810842068

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A Conductor's Guide to Choral-orchestral Works, Classical Period: Haydn and Mozart by Jonathan D. Green Pdf

A Conductor's Guide to the Choral-Orchestral Works of the Classical Period, Part I: Haydn and Mozart is the fourth volume in Jonathan Green's innovative study of the vast body of choral-orchestral repertoire. A treasure-trove for conductors of choir and orchestras, in this volume all of the masses, oratorios, cantatas, litanies, vespers, and minor sacred works of Haydn and Mozart are carefully examined. For each work, the author has compiled the text source, duration, date of composition, date and place of premiere, location of manuscript materials, commercially available editions, a selected discography, a bibliography, and a brief history of the work. Most importantly, the performance concerns for the choir, orchestra, and soloists of each work are evaluated and described. This will prove to be an invaluable programming aid for conductors and a touchstone for anyone embarking on research into this music.

Author : William Skoog
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781527572010

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The Choral Works of Jennifer Higdon by William Skoog Pdf

Jennifer Higdon is an esteemed American composer known internationally, and the recipient of many awards in various musical genres. Though best known for her instrumental works and operas, she is a prolific writer of choral music that is fascinating, varied in style, profound, and meaningful, and speaks directly to a contemporary audience through the carefully selected texts. This book explores a number of Higdon’s choral works, both extended and short works, citing the extensive relationship of the music to the texts, which are set a cappella, with full orchestra or with chamber instruments. Also presented are composition characteristics, analytical analysis, and insights directly from the composer.

Author : Jonathan D. Green,David W. Oertel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442244672

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Choral-Orchestral Repertoire by Jonathan D. Green,David W. Oertel Pdf

Choral-Orchestral Repertoire: A Conductor’s Guide, Omnibus Edition offers an expansive compilation of choral-orchestral works from 1600 to the present. Synthesizing Jonathan D. Green’s earlier six volumes on this repertoire, this edition updates and adds to the over 750 oratorios, cantatas, choral symphonies, masses, secular works for large and small ensembles, and numerous settings of liturgical and biblical texts for a wide variety of vocal and instrumental combinations. Each entry includes a brief biographical sketch of the composer, approximate duration, text sources, performing forces, available editions, and locations of manuscript materials, as well as descriptive commentary, a discography, and a bibliography. Unique to this edition are practitioner’s evaluations of the performance issues presented in each score. These include the range, tessitura, and nature of each solo role and a determination of the difficulty of the choral and orchestral portions of each composition. There is also a description of the specific challenges, staffing, and rehearsal expectations related to the performance of each work. Choral-Orchestral Repertoire is an essential resource for conductors and students of conducting as they search for repertoire appropriate to their needs and the abilities of their ensembles.

Author : Avery T. Sharp,James Michael Floyd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780415994194

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Choral Music by Avery T. Sharp,James Michael Floyd Pdf

This is an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites on choral music. This book will serve as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars in sorting through the massive amount of new material that has appeared since publication of the previous edition.

Author : Donald Francis Tovey
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486784502

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Concertos and Choral Works by Donald Francis Tovey Pdf

Part of Tovey's Essays in Musical Analysis, Concertos and Choral Works, companion volume to Symphonies and other Orchestral Works, contains some of Tovey's most important essays on Bach, Beethoven, Dvorak, Mozart, and Brahms. These writings are known for their clarity and wit, and are considered among the best of any classical music writing.

Author : Johannes Brahms
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486814599

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Choral Works with Orchestral Accompaniment by Johannes Brahms Pdf

Reprinted from authoritative sources, this collection features Ave Maria, Op. 12; Funeral Hymn, Op. 13; Songs for Women's Chorus, Op. 17; Song from Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake" by Schubert; more.

Author : Melvin P. Unger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 699 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781538124345

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Historical Dictionary of Choral Music by Melvin P. Unger Pdf

A Library Journal Starred Review (March 2024) praises the book as a "remarkable resource that will please both musical professionals and amateurs, along with teachers and their students, and conductors and singers.” Throughout the ages, people have wanted to sing in a communal context. This desire apparently stems from a deeply rooted human instinct. Consequently, choral performance historically has often been related to human rituals and ceremonies, especially rites of a religious nature. Historical Dictionary of Choral Music, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,300 cross-referenced entries on composers, conductors, choral ensembles, choral genres, and choral repertoire. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about choral music.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1284 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:31951D02460132U

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Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005: Justification of the budget estimates: Indian Health Service by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Barbara Stern
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134669868

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Representing Consumers by Barbara Stern Pdf

Consumer research has traditionally focused on issues of epistemology in the collection and analysis of data. As a consequence, the crisis in representation which has radically reshaped understanding in the social sciences, has, so far, had very little impact on consumer research. This book redresses the balance with an investigation of representation and constructions of 'truth' in consumer research. Subjects covered include: * construction of the researcher and consumer voice * quantitative tools and representation * advertising narratives * poetic representation of consumer experience * the crisis in the crisis concept * consumer-oriented ethnographic research. The essays are written by experts from Britain and the United States and draw on a broad range of theoretical approaches.

Author : Donna Marie Di Grazia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780415988520

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Nineteenth-century Choral Music by Donna Marie Di Grazia Pdf

Nineteenth-Century Choral Music is a collection of essays studying choral music making as a cultural phenomenon, one that had an impact on multiple parts of society. Rather than merely offering a collection of raw descriptions of works, the contributors focus their discussions on what these pieces reveal about their composers as craftsmen/women. Major works as well as other equally rich parts of the repertoire are discussed, including smaller choral works and contributions by composers such as Fanny Mendelssohn, Amy Beach, Charles Stanford,