Music-Genres & Styles-Choral

"The ultimate insider's guide to everyone's favourite Church of England service: Choral Evensong, as heard in cathedrals and churches throughout the land", writes Sir John Rutter."Tim Popple, ex-chorister and now cathedral choirman, lifts the lid on its mysteries with the lightest of touches, plenty...

This hymnal provides a wide-ranging collection of settings for the psalms of David, one of the most beloved and enduring books of the Bible. Edited by the renowned composer Samuel Sebastian Wesley, the book includes a variety of tunes and choral arrangements that are...

Author: Thelma LovellISBN-10: 1300618035ISBN-13: 9781300618034Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2025Pages: 398Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.51lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Sirens are sounds that confront us in daily life, from the sounds of police cars and fire engines to, less often, tornado warnings. Ideologies of sirens embody the protective, the seductive and the dangerous elements of siren sounds - from the US Cold War...

Dive into the festive spirit with the Second Edition of '11 Christmas Songs for SSAA A Cappella.' This collection presents a harmonious blend of classic and timeless holiday melodies arranged for mixed voices. Featuring beloved tunes such as 'Angels We Have Heard On High,...

This hymnal provides a wide-ranging collection of settings for the psalms of David, one of the most beloved and enduring books of the Bible. Edited by the renowned composer Samuel Sebastian Wesley, the book includes a variety of tunes and choral arrangements that are...

This book is devoted to Arthur Oldham, one of the greatest English chorus masters in the second half of the twentieth century. It is written from the point of view of a chorister who had the privilege of singing symphonic choral music under Oldham's...

Every year, Johann Sebastian Bach's major vocal works are performed to mark liturgical milestones in the Christian calendar. Written by a renowned Bach scholar, this concise and accessible book provides an introduction to the music and cultural contexts of the composer's most beloved masterpieces,...

Singing the Body Electric explores the relationship between the human voice and technology, offering startling insights into the ways in which technological mediation affects our understanding of the voice, and more generally, the human body. From the phonautograph to magnetic tape and now to...

David Friddle explores choral methods and community choral ensembles that originated in the nineteenth century. Using more than one hundred musical examples, illustrations, tables, and photographs, he documents the expansion of choral singing beginning in the early 1800s.Author: David FriddleISBN-10: 1666911135ISBN-13: 9781666911138Publisher: Lexington BooksLanguage:...

The Yale Russian Chorus (YRC) is a unique phenomenon-part singing group, part fraternity, part discussion group-that started in 1953 at Yale at the height of the Cold War, a time when exhibiting a strong interest in matters Russian and Soviet could be seen as...

Giroud and Kayetell the full story of The Tales of Hoffman for the first time. After discussing the work's influences and history, the book details sources for the opera, including the complete Barbier and Carr? play. The annotated libretto is published in full, with...

Haydn's delightful Missa Brevis in F was both one of his earliest and latest works: he originally scored it for soloists, choir and strings, and returned to it at the end of his life to add wind parts. Either version may be performed using...

The Parish Book of Motets is the flexible answer for Catholic choirs across America to build a practical repertoire of sacred polyphony. The book contains fifty-four motets of varying difficulty in English and Latin specially curated for the average parish choir. 54 motets in...

Author: George B?lozISBN-10: 1958890162ISBN-13: 9781958890165Publisher: Booklocker.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2024Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d

How did a group of Washington, DC high school singers overcome the challenge of preparing and participating in a prestigious international classical music competition in Vienna, Austria? This memoir follows the life and 30-year DC Public Schools career of honored educator Joyce Garrett who...

for SATB and piano This is a vibrant setting of a poem by George Parsons Lathrop that describes how music underpins all earthly life. An active piano part provides an energetic undercurrent to compelling vocal lines, with the voices beginning in unison before opening...

- A personal and visual retrospective of the life and work of the conductor Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale GentIt was in 1970 that Philippe Herreweghe founded Collegium Vocale Gent, dedicated among other things to works by Johann Sebastian Bach and German Baroque music....

Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality is about sacred and secular choirs in Goa and Shillong across churches, seminaries, schools, auditoriums, classrooms, reality TV shows, and festivals. Voice and genre emerge as social objects annotated by tradition, nostalgia, and innovation. Piety literally...

Empowering Song: Music Education from the Margins weaves together subversive pedagogy and theories of resistance with community music education and choral music, inspiring professionals to revisit and reconsider their pedagogical practices and approaches.Author: André de Quadros, Emilie AmreinISBN-10: 0367630338ISBN-13: 9780367630331Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2024Pages: 160Format:...

Mzilikazi Khumalo (1932-2021), an iconic figure in choral music in South Africa, rose to prominence as one of Africa's leading composers of art music. This is a work of music history.Biographical essays on Khumalo's major works, including those for choir, orchestra, and opera are...

Discover the principles and techniques of vocal writing with The Technique of Choral Writing. This singular, methodical textbook explains the fundamentals of composing and arranging choral music including: How to set words to musicAn introduction to the human voiceUnderstanding different types of choral ensemblesExploring...

Songbook with 30 Christmas songs from all over the world - notated for the chromatic Harmonica.The tones of the melodies were prepared with simple symbols, the rhythm of the tones is given by the lyrics and / or the classical music notation.The sounds of...

David Bednall's Christmas cantata Welcome All Wonders was commissioned and first performed by the Choir of Queen's College, Oxford in 2012 and received rave reviews from, among others, BBC Music Magazine, Limelight Magazine, and Gramophone. Described as ingenious, engaging, spirited, extremely appealing, and accessible...

The Psalm-Singers Amusement is a collection of hymns, fugues, and anthems by William Billings, one of America's first composers. The pieces are scored for four-part chorus and reflect the music of the colonial era. The collection includes some of Billings' most renowned pieces, including...

Through a collection of extensive interviews with choral conductors, educators, singers, and professional leaders, this book documents the choral music community's journey through crisis and change during the COVID-19 pandemic and aids in its rebuilding in a new era where COVID-19 is endemic.When the...

Originally published in 1892, this collection of hymns for women's choirs includes over 150 pieces. Edited by Henry Schwing, the hymns are arranged as duets for soprano and alto voices, with accompaniment for tenor and bass voices.This work has been selected by scholars as...

A collection of essays by various authors regarding the voice; topics include physiology, training, and songs of various nations.Author: Keith FalknerISBN-10: 1871082544ISBN-13: 9781871082548Publisher: Kahn & AverillLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/1998Pages: 310Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Drawing on his decades of experience as a pastor, hymn writer, and hymnal consultant, Fred Anderson here offers pastors and worship leaders a rich treasury of singable psalms -- one for each psalm text or canticle appointed in the three-year Revised Common Lectionary. Anderson...

A retrospective view of the social justice chorus, Amandla as it evolves to Fiery Hope under the direction of Eveline MacDougall, the author. With autobiographical information about the author.Author: Eveline MacdougallISBN-10: 1948380102ISBN-13: 9781948380102Publisher: Haley'sLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2019Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d

Considered an essential resource for students at the Royal Conservatory in Milan and other schools of music, Pasquale Bona's comprehensive guide to rhythmic articulation is written for singers and instrumentalists of all levels, from beginners to professionals. Bona provides 120 騁udes featuring practical methods...

�������� "Christmas Carols Sheet Music: Traditional Carols, Hymns and Popular Songs Sheet Music" ��������Christmas Fun For The Entire Family. Gather your friends and family together for Christmas caroling.*** Sheet music and lyrics *** Experience the joy of Christmas with "Christmas Carols Sheet Music" a...

Internationally recognized Bach authority Hans-Joachim Schulze authored a 225-part series on the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. In this collection, James A. Brokaw II translates a selection of the essays, illuminating a wide range of biographical and cultural features of Bach's life and creative...

The Christian Hymnal is a collection of hymns and tunes compiled by Bishop R. M. in 1882. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part containing hymns and the second part containing tunes for congregational and social worship. The hymns cover...

This book is a collection of essays on 20th-century choral music written by the composers themselves. The book includes contributions from some of the most important composers of the 20th century, including Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, and Leonard Bernstein. This book is an essential...

Choral conductors and clinicians often focus on honing the technical and artistic elements of their choir's performance, but what is the true purpose of choral singing? Choral performances sound beautiful, but they also tell stories, "say something" to someone, and create change in them....

In this groundbreaking work, Daniel Brink Towner offers readers a collection of some of the most beloved and enduring male choir music of all time. With its stirring melodies and powerful harmonies, this collection is sure to inspire and uplift all who hear it.This...

""Christmas: Its Carols, Customs And Legends"" by Ruth Heller is a comprehensive guide to the traditions, stories, and songs associated with the holiday season. The book explores the origins and meanings behind popular Christmas customs such as decorating trees, giving gifts, and hanging stockings....

In the film "De-Lovely," Cole Porter admonishes the chorus of "Kiss Me Kate" to snap out their consonants. This book is not only about consonants, but also about vowels, breathing, round sounds and head tones--just a few of the many techniques discussed that will...

This book is a collection of essays on 20th-century choral music written by the composers themselves. The book includes contributions from some of the most important composers of the 20th century, including Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, and Leonard Bernstein. This book is an essential...

How do we get through life's challenges? How do we survive as Square pegs in a round world? With over twenty years of experience working with volunteers, Dr. Joel Plaag has a few suggestions to live in this moment. In his latest book, Dr....

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...

This monograph offers a comprehensive study of the topos of the malmari馥 or the unhappily married woman within the thirteenth-century motet repertory, a vocal genre characterized by several different texts sounding simultaneously over a foundational Latin chant. Part I examines the malmari馥 motets from...

A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals: History, Context, and Linguistics investigates the use of the African American English (AAE) dialect in the musical genre of the spiritual. Perfect for conductors and performers alike, this book traces the history...

Preaching to the Choir imparts practical and pastoral wisdom to church musicians in their vocation as choir directors. With deep care for those who sing and a warm sense of humor;Wold invites all who work with choirs to discover the amazing responsibility in this...

A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Author Chester L. Alwes divides this exploration into two volumes which move from Medieval music and the Renaissance era up...

Calvin loved to go to school on Thursdays---that's when they had music. On many days however, he was faced with bullies on the playground---one in particular. Sensing Calvin's uncanny ear for music, his third-grade music teacher suggested he audition for a boy choir school...

Now in its second edition, Choral Repertoire is the definitive and comprehensive one-volume presentation of the canon of the Western choral tradition. Designed for conductors and directors, students and teachers of choral music, amateur and professional singers, scholars, and interested vocal enthusiasts alike, it...

Harmony from the Inside OutA Guide to Peak PerformanceLive into your potential by leveraging your biggest asset - You! Use this book and the exercises in it to explore and experience the positive results of living, working and performing from the inside out. Your...