Choral music

Choral Repertoire is the definitive and comprehensive one-volume presentation of the canon of the Western choral tradition.

In shaping choral tone, directors often wish to improve the sound of their choir, but are challenged to pinpoint underlying problems or to guide singers toward solutions.

Designed for both the practicing choral director and the choral methods student, this is a compact and comprehensive overview of the many teaching methods, strategies, materials, and assessments available for choral sight-singing instruction.

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

In the late fifteenth century the newly built Sistine Chapel was home to a vigorous culture of musical composition and performance.

The power of music, the way it works on the mind and heart, remains an enticing mystery.

Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony and The Concerto--have been universally praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor.

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

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

Camille Saint-Saens is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera Samson et Dalila, but also because he was a keen observer of the musical culture in which he lived.

Choral Repertoire is the definitive and comprehensive one-volume presentation of the canon of the Western choral tradition.

Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony and The Concerto--have been universally praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor.

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

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

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

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

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

Solfege and Sonority is a guide for teaching music literacy in a choral rehearsal, with a focus on the needs of teachers who work with young singers.

As the landscape of choral education changes - disrupted by Glee, YouTube, and increasingly cheap audio production software - teachers of choral conducting need current research in the field that charts scholarly paths through contemporary debates and sets an agenda for new critical thought and practice.

Music as Prayer explores the spiritual and theological character of church music.

In shaping choral tone, directors often wish to improve the sound of their choir, but are challenged to pinpoint underlying problems or to guide singers toward solutions.

The power of music, the way it works on the mind and heart, remains an enticing mystery.

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

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 book presents a comprehensive view of children's musical artistry and how to develop it in both the music classroom and children's chorus.

This book presents a comprehensive view of children's musical artistry and how to develop it in both the music classroom and children's chorus.

Designed for both the practicing choral director and the choral methods student, this is a compact and comprehensive overview of the many teaching methods, strategies, materials, and assessments available for choral sight-singing instruction.

From the Jim Crow world of 1920s Greenville, South Carolina, to Greenwich Village's Cafe Society in the '40s, to their 1974 Grammy-winning collaboration on "e;Loves Me Like a Rock,"e; the Dixie Hummingbirds have been one of gospel's most durable and inspiring groups.

Tosender Applaus!

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

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

Descubre el Arte de la Dirección Coral con "El Director de Coro: Manual para la Dirección de Coros Vocacionales"La música coral ha sido una forma de expresión artística accesible y significativa a lo largo de la historia, uniendo a personas de diversas comunidades a través del canto colectivo.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

In recent decades, cognitive neuroscience research has increased our understanding of how the brain learns, retains, and recalls information.

In recent decades, cognitive neuroscience research has increased our understanding of how the brain learns, retains, and recalls information.

As the landscape of choral education changes - disrupted by Glee, YouTube, and increasingly cheap audio production software - teachers of choral conducting need current research in the field that charts scholarly paths through contemporary debates and sets an agenda for new critical thought and practice.

Nearly a half century after her death in 1972, Mahalia Jackson remains the most esteemed figure in black gospel music history.

Nearly a half century after her death in 1972, Mahalia Jackson remains the most esteemed figure in black gospel music history.

Multivocality frames vocality as a way to investigate the voice in music, as a concept encompassing all the implications with which voice is inscribed-the negotiation of sound and Self, individual and culture, medium and meaning, ontology and embodiment.

Multivocality frames vocality as a way to investigate the voice in music, as a concept encompassing all the implications with which voice is inscribed-the negotiation of sound and Self, individual and culture, medium and meaning, ontology and embodiment.

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

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

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

Camille Saint-Saens is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera Samson et Dalila, but also because he was a keen observer of the musical culture in which he lived.