Choral music

Singing has been a characteristic behaviour of humanity across several millennia.

A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition.

The Monstrous New Art reveals the depth of medieval composers'' engagement with monstrous and hybrid creatures and ideas.

Offers unparalleled insight into the function of music in worship, ritual and society in late medieval Europe.

Now in paperback.

This is an essential text on an important area of the music curriculum consistently judged weak or inadequate by school inspectors in Britain.

Offers unparalleled insight into the function of music in worship, ritual and society in late medieval Europe.

This book charts the life of Arthur Sullivan--the best loved and most widely performed British composer in history.

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The Singer's Guide to German Diction is the essential foundation for a complete course in German diction for singers, vocal coaches, choral conductors, and anyone wishing to learn the proper pronunciation of High German.

While there are many similarities between solo and choral singing, they are not the same discipline, and it is important to realize the different approaches necessary for each.

Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889) revolutionierte die Welt der klassischen Musik und stellte den Kontrabass in ein neues Licht.

The Power of Song shows how the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania confronted a military superpower and achieved independence in the Baltic Singing Revolution.

The sound of the choir of King's College, Cambridge - its voices perfectly blended, its emotions restrained, its impact sublime - has become famous all over the world, and for many, the distillation of a particular kind of Englishness.

On the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, this volume offers an in-depth look at the "e;Great Eighteen"e; organ chorales, among the most celebrated works for organ, and a milestone in the history of the chorale.

This collection is a selection of works by Georg Friedrich Handel that will delight every pianist.

Of all operas in the standard repertory, none has had a more complicated genesis and textual history than Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann.

The Monstrous New Art reveals the depth of medieval composers'' engagement with monstrous and hybrid creatures and ideas.

All children must have an opportunity to share the joy of choral music participation - whether in school, church, or community choirs.

Enrico Caruso, ein einfacher Junge aus den belebten Straßen Neapels, sollte die Opernwelt für immer verändern.

The human voice an incredibly beautiful and expressive instrument, and when multiple voices are unified in tone and purpose a powerful statement is realized.

The practices of singing and teaching singing are inextricable, joined to each other through the necessity of understanding the vocal art and craft.

Bringing together perspectives on history, global activity and professional development, this Companion provides a unique overview of choral music.

In einer Zeit politischer Umwälzungen und kultureller Blüte begegneten sich zwei außergewöhnliche Persönlichkeiten: der tschechische Klaviervirtuose und Komponist Jan Ladislas Dussek und Prinz Louis Ferdinand von Preußen, ein leidenschaftlicher Musiker und Förderer der Künste.

Choral Scores is an anthology of music exemplifying distinctive choral repertoire by the most noteworthy composers throughout the history of Western music.

The first thorough examination of the most renowned and influential organist in early twentieth-century Germany and of his complex relationship to his country's tumultuous and shifting sociopolitical landscape.

Singing has been a characteristic behaviour of humanity across several millennia.

More than 200 years after the first speaking machine, we are accustomed to voices that speak from any- and everywhere.

A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition.

Described as the "e;life and soul of British contemporary music"e;, Jane Manning is an internationally celebrated English concert and opera soprano.

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In 1714, the 29 year-old Johann Sebastian Bach was promoted to the position of concertmaster at the ducal court of Weimar.

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The Campaign Choirs Network is a loose affiliation of like-minded choirs across the UK sharing a belief in a better world for all and dedicated to taking action by singing about it; the Campaign Choirs Writing Collective is a part of that network.

Range presents an in-depth study of the music within the ceremonial at British coronations from 1603 to the present.

Growing Your Choral Program: A Practical Guide for New Directors is a practical guide for early career choral directors and music educators in search of tangible and simple solutions to problems typical of developing choirs-including church choirs, community choirs, school choirs, and children's choirs.

Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774) gehört zu den faszinierendsten Komponisten des 18.

Sound Advice is a valuable resource for college students, beginning teachers, and experienced conductors of children's choirs.

Franz Schuberts Streichquartett, eines der bedeutendsten Kammermusikwerke der Romantik, berührt seit Generationen durch seine emotionale Tiefe und thematische Vielschichtigkeit.

In einer Zeit, in der Frauen in der Musikwelt selten die Anerkennung erhielten, die ihnen gebührte, stach eine Ausnahmeperson hervor: Sophia Corri.

This book brings to light the choral works of three contemporary British women composers: Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983), Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994), and Thea Musgrave (1928- ).

The award-winning, much-loved memoir of renowned author and musician Anna Goldsworthy about her first steps towards a life in music.

Choral Monuments provides extensive material about eleven epoch-making choral masterworks that span the history of Western culture.

This collection of essays presents a thorough and systematic study of Bach''s B-minor Mass by leading scholars in the field.

More than twenty years ago James Tyler wrote a modest introduction to the history, repertory, and playing techniques of the four- and five-course guitar.

Every year, Johann Sebastian Bach’s major vocal works are performed to mark liturgical milestones in the Christian calendar.

Dein Song möchte Kinder und Jugendliche darin ermuntern, sich aktiv mit Musik zu beschäftigen und bietet talentierten Nachwuchssongwritern Raum für die Entfaltung ihrer eigenen musikalischen Ideen.