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Title

The Cambridge companion to choral music / edited by André de Quadros.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors

De Quadros, André.

Description

xv, 339 p. : ill., music; 26 cm.

Summary

Choral music is now undoubtedly the foremost genre of participatory music making, with more people singing in choirs than ever before. Written by a team of leading international practitioners and scholars, this Companion addresses the history of choral music, its emergence and growth worldwide and its professional practice. The volume sets out a historical survey of the genre and follows with a kaleidoscopic bird's eye view of choral music from all over the world. Chapters vividly portray the emergence and growth of choral music from its Quranic antecedents in West and Central Asia to the baroque churches of Latin America, representing its global diversity. Uniquely, the book includes a pedagogical section where several leading choral musicians write about the voice and the inner workings of a choir and give their professional insights into choral practice. This Companion will appeal to choral scholars, directors and performers alike.

Series Statement

Cambridge companions to music

Uniform Title

Cambridge companions to music.

Subject

• Choral music

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-322) and index.

Contents

Introduction : choral music, a dynamic global genre / André de Quadros -- A brief anatomy of choirs, c.1470-1770 / Andrew Parrott -- Choral music in the culture of the nineteenth century / Chester L. Alwes -- Choral music in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries / Nick Strimple -- The nature of chorus / Paul Hillier -- Choral music and tradition in Europe and Israel / Leo Samama -- Canada's choral landscape / Patricia Abbott and Victoria Meredith -- A multiplicity of voices : choral music in the United States / Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey -- A hundred years of choral music in Latin America, 1908-2008 / María Guinand -- Choral music in East Asia : China, Japan, and Korea / Jing Ling-Tam and Gene J. Cho -- New voices in ancient lands : choral music in South and Southeast Asia / André de Quadros -- From chanting the Quran to singing oratorio : choral music in West and Central Asia / Aida Huseynova -- Voices of the Pacific : the (ch)oral traditions of Oceania / Karen Grylls -- Choral music in Africa : history, content, and performance practice / Rudolf de Beer and Wilson Shitandi -- Globalization, multiculturalism, and the children's chorus / Francisco J. Núñez -- Exploring the universal voice / Mary Goetze, Cornelia Fales, and Wolodymyr Smishkewych -- Authentic choral music experience as "good work" : the practice of engaged musicianship / Doreen Rao -- The making of a choir : individuality and consensus in choral singing / Mike Brewer and Liz Garnett -- A point of departure for rehearsal preparation and planning / Ann Howard Jones -- Small ensemble rehearsal techniques for choirs of all sizes / Simon Carrington.

Call Number

JMF 13-406

ISBN

• 9780521111737 (hardback)
• 0521111730 (hardback)
• 9780521128957 (paperback)
• 0521128951 (paperback)

LCCN

• 2012013422
• 40021530825

OCLC

784125840

Title

The Cambridge companion to choral music / edited by André de Quadros.

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Series

Cambridge companions to music

Cambridge companions to music.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-322) and index.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Table of contents only

Added Author

De Quadros, André.

Other Standard Identifier

40021530825

Research Call Number

JMF 13-406