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A history of Western choral music
- Title
- A history of Western choral music / Chester L. Alwes.
- Author
- Alwes, Chester Lee, 1947-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]-[2016]
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | Use in library | JMF 16-454 v. 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Description
- 2 volumes : illustrations, music; 26 cm
- Summary
- "A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, important composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Divided across two volumes, this comprehensive investigation moves from the Medieval period through the Avant-Garde." -- Publisher description.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, pages 413-425) and indexes.
- Contents
- Volume 1. From medieval foundations to the romantic age -- Volume 2. Romanticism through the avant-garde.
- Volume 1. From medieval foundations to the romantic age: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Western choral music -- Medieval foundations -- Sacred choral music of the Renaissance, I (1425-1525) -- Secular choral music of the Renaissance (1140-1625) -- Sacred choral music of the Renaissance, II (1525-1600) -- Sacred choral music in England (1450-1650) -- Choral music of the Italian Baroque (1600-1725) -- Choral music in Germany from Hassler to Buxtehude -- French Baroque music -- Choral music in England from the Restoration to Handel -- The choral music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) -- Aspects of classicism and romanticism in choral music -- The mass (1750-1900) -- Romanticism and the requiems of Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, and Brahms -- Sacred choral music from Mozart to Liszt -- Notes -- Art credits -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Volume 2. Romanticism through the avant-garde: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- The Oratorio from Haydn to Elgar -- Part song in nineteenth-century Germany and England -- Choral music in nineteenth-century drama -- Choral symphony from Beethoven to Berio -- French choral music from Debussy to Messiaen -- Serialism and choral music of the twentieth century -- Nationalism, folk song, and identity -- Neoclassicism -- The avant-garde aesthetic -- European centrism -- The American experience -- The British Isles -- The new simplicities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Permissions -- Index.
- Call Number
- JMF 16-454
- ISBN
- 9780195177428
- 0195177428
- 9780199361939
- 0199361932
- 9780199376995
- 0199376999
- 9780199377008
- 0199377006
- LCCN
- 2013042784
- OCLC
- 862928898
- Author
- Alwes, Chester Lee, 1947- author.
- Title
- A history of Western choral music / Chester L. Alwes.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]-[2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, pages 413-425) and indexes.
- Local Note
- TEXTBOOK--GRAD.
- Research Call Number
- JMF 16-454