
Nineteenth-century Choral Music Is An In-depth Examination Of The Rich Repertoire Of Choral Music And The Cultural Phenomenon Of Choral Music Making Throughout The Period. The Book Is Divided Into Three Main Sections. The First Details The Attraction To Choral Singing And The Ways It Was Linked To Different Parts Of Society, And To The Role Of Choral Voices In The Two Principal Large-scale Genres Of The Period: The Symphony And Opera. A Second Section Highlights Ten Choral-orchestral Masterworks That Are A Central Part Of The Repertoire. The Final Section Presents Overview And Focus Chapters Covering Composers, Repertoire (both Small And Larger Works), And Performance Life In An Historical Context From Over A Dozen Regions Of The World: Britain And Ireland, The Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latin America, The Philippines, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia And Finland, Spain, And The United States [publisher Description]. Cultural Influences. The Building Of Community Through Choral Singing / Celia Applegate -- Vox Humana: Choral Voices In The Nineteenth-century Symphony / Kern Holoman -- The Nineteenth-century Opera Chorus / Steven Huebner -- Selected Masterworks From Choral-orchestral Repertoire. Masses & Requiems / Kern Holoman -- Works With Secular And Non-liturgical Texts / Kern Holoman -- The Choral Repertoire Large And Small. Choral Music And Choral Singing In Germany And Austria / Ryan Minor -- Ludwig Van Beethoven / David B. Levy -- Fanny Hensel / R. Larry Todd -- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Jeffrey S. Sposato -- Robert Schumann / Roe-min Kok -- Anton Bruckner / Paul Hawkshaw -- Johannes Brahms / Virginia Hancock -- Choral Music And Music Making In France / Clair Rowden -- Luigi Cherubini And Augusta Holmès / Mark Seto -- Hector Berlioz / Donna M. Di Grazia -- Félicien David, Charles Gounod, And Jules Massenet / Clair Rowden -- Camille Saint-saëns / Lesley A. Wright -- Gabriel Fauré / Carlo Caballero -- A Tale Of Survival: Choral Music In Italy / Francesco Izzo -- Britain And Ireland / James Garratt -- The Nordic World: Scandinavia And Finland / Harald Herresthal -- Eastern Europe: Introductory Thoughts / Barbara Milewski -- Poland / Barbara Milewski -- The Czech Lands: Bohemia And Moravia / Judith Mabary -- Antonín Dvorák / Alan Houtchens -- Hungary / Paul A. Bertagnolli -- Franz Liszt / Paul A. Bertagnolli -- Russia / Vladimir Morosan -- Russian Choral Repertoire / Vladimir Morosan -- The Philippines, Latin America, And Spain / Walter A. Clark -- The United States / N. Lee Orr. Edited By Donna M. Di Grazia. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
2013-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0415988527
ISBN-13:
9780203115183
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