Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
- Published by: Schirmer
- Edition: 1st Edition April 10, 1973
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0155848631
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0155848634
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 8 ounces
Product Description
In this brief text, Homer Ulrich offers students a history of choral music that is as rich and fascinating as the genre itself. Emphasizing those works that represent historical or stylistic turning points, A SURVEY OF CHORAL MUSIC begins several centuries before the invention of the genre and takes students all the way into the twentieth century. Ulrich's descriptive discussions mix history and analysis with explication of musical structures, text sources and treatments, and kinds of texture. The text offers a useful glossary, bibliography, and list of music sources--as well as appendices that provide several principal types of sacred texts (including Requiem Mass, Te Deum, and Magnificat) for quick reference.
Reader Reviews
This book's best feature is its anthology of choral music designed for classroom use. Rehearsal outlines, problematic passages, and rehearsal technique are all discussed. Another particularly valuable feature is the appendix of lists of repertoire by voicing and genre. Quite extensive. After using it in a class, I find myself coming back to it constantly for reference. The spiral binding is convenient.
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