Author: George Frideric Handel
Publisher:
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Category : Oratorios
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Author: Dennis Shrock
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197622402
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 929

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"Choral Repertoire is the definitive and comprehensive one-volume presentation of the most significant composers and compositions of choral music from the Western Hemisphere throughout recorded history. The book is designed for multiple uses-as a programming guide for practicing conductors, instructional resource for students and teachers of choral music, historic and stylistic reference for choral singers, and source of information about composers and compositions for choral enthusiasts-and as such, the book intends to further and make accessible important information relevant to the vast scope of choral music. Organized by era (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Modern), Choral Repertoire covers general characteristics of each historical era, trends and styles unique to various countries, biographical sketches of more than six hundred composers, and performance annotations of more than five thousand individual works. Of the composers, there is substantive coverage of women and composers of color, and of the repertoire, there is inclusion of lesser-known works as well as those works that are considered standard"--

Author: Alfred Whittingham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Author: Bristol (England). Public Libraries
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries and bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Author: William Thomas Lowndes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book rarities
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Author: William Thomas Lowndes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Author: George Putnam Upton
Publisher:
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Category : Oratorio
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Author: Jan Swafford
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679728058
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 626

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The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond. The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively -- and opinionated -- musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Among its features: -- chronologically arranged essays on nearly 100 composers, from Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) to Aaron Copland (1900-1990), that combine biography with detailed analyses of the major works while assessing their role in the social, cultural, and political climate of their times; -- informative sidebars that clarify broader topics such as melody, polyphony, atonality, and the impact of the early-music movement; -- a glossary of musical terms, from a cappella to woodwinds; -- a step-by-step guide to building a great classical music library. Written with wit and a clarity that both musical experts and beginners can appreciate, The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is an invaluable source-book for music lovers everywhere.

Author: George Frideric Handel
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486404110
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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This magnificent oratorio portrays the tribulations of the Jews, the plagues of Egypt, and related Biblical events. Glorious example of the use of the chorus as a dramatic medium. Full contents in English and German.

Author: Gerald Gifford
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351786121
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394

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This title was first published in 2002: Burghley House, Stamford, was built between 1555 and 1587 for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. The library there contains an extensive collection of manuscript and printed music dating from about 1650 to 1850, substantially formed during the latter part of the 18th century by the Ninth Earl of Exeter. The collection is given particular significance by the inclusion of several rare and in some cases apparently unique volumes. This catalogue examines the Burghley House music collection in the light of contemporary documentary evidence. The opening section describes the people who added to the collection and their musical enthusiasms. This approach brings the collection to life and also enables us to appreciate emergent trends in British music history of the period. With each entry fully described and the printed music referenced to RISM or CPM, this catalogue should form a valuable reference source for all scholars of British music from the 17th to the 19th century.