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Historical Dictionary of Choral Music (Historical Dictionaries Of Literature And The Arts)

By Melvin P. Unger

Book information

Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0810857510, 9780810857513, 9780810873926
LCC
ML102.V6 U54 2010
Open Library ID
OL23963150M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1735789 bytes)
Series
Historical Dictionaries Of Literature And The Arts
Pages
585\585
Topic
Art Music
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Искусство и искусствоведение;Музыкальное искусство

Description

The human voice an incredibly beautiful and expressive instrument, and when multiple voices are unified in tone and purpose a powerful statement is realized. No wonder people have always wanted to sing in a communal context-a desire apparently stemming from a deeply rooted human instinct. Consequently, choral performance has often been related historically to human rituals and ceremonies, especially rites of a religious nature.This Historical Dictionary of Choral Music examines choral music and practice in the Western world from the Medieval era to the 21st century, focusing mostly on familiar figures like Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Britten. But its scope is considerably broader, and it includes all sorts of music-religious, secular, and popular-from sources throughout the world. It contains a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and more than 1,000 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important composers, genres, conductors, institutions, styles, and technical terms of choral music.

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