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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
September 2012
Print publication year:
2012
Online ISBN:
9781139035392

Book description

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.

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'Invaluable to both undergraduate and postgraduate music students. It would be a useful addition to a specialist music library or a university library both in this country and abroad.'

Lucy Seale Source: Reference Reviews

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Contents

  • Frontmatter
    pp i-xvi
  • 1 - Introduction: choral music – a dynamic global genre
    pp 1-4
  • Part I - Choral music: history and context
  • 2 - A brief anatomy of choirs c.1470–1770
    pp 5-26
  • 3 - Choral music in the culture of the nineteenth century
    pp 27-42
  • 4 - Choral music in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries
    pp 43-60
  • 5 - The nature of chorus
    pp 61-76
  • Part II - Choral music the world over
  • 6 - Choral music and tradition in Europe and Israel
    pp 77-103
  • 7 - Canada's choral landscape
    pp 104-114
  • 8 - A multiplicity of voices: choral music in the United States
    pp 115-129
  • 9 - A hundred years of choral music in Latin America 1908–2008
    pp 130-148
  • 10 - Choral music in East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea
    pp 149-158
  • 11 - New voices in ancient lands: choral music in South and Southeast Asia
    pp 159-168
  • 12 - From chanting the Quran to singing oratorio: choral music in West and Central Asia
    pp 169-176
  • 13 - Voices of the Pacific: the (ch)oral traditions of Oceania
    pp 177-184
  • 14 - Choral music in Africa: history, content, and performance practice
    pp 185-200
  • Part III - Choral philosophy, practice, and pedagogy
  • 15 - Globalization, multiculturalism, and the children's chorus
    pp 201-215
  • 16 - Exploring the universal voice
    pp 216-237
  • 18 - The making of a choir: individuality and consensus in choral singing
    pp 256-271
  • 19 - A point of departure for rehearsal preparation and planning
    pp 272-280
  • 20 - Small ensemble rehearsal techniques for choirs of all sizes
    pp 281-291
  • Notes
    pp 292-312
  • Select bibliography
    pp 313-322
  • Index
    pp 323-339
  • Cambridge Companions to Music
    pp 340-341

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