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American Choral Music Since 1920
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Book Synopsis American Choral Music Since 1920 by : David P. DeVenney
Download or read book American Choral Music Since 1920 written by David P. DeVenney and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book lists nearly 3,000 original choral works written by 76 composers active in the United States from roughly 1920 until the present. Styles range from the lush Romanticism of Charles Wakefield Cadman to the stark, dissonant harmonies of Morton Feldman.
Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Choral Music by : Melvin P. Unger
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Choral Music written by Melvin P. Unger and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Library Journal Starred Review (March 2024) praises the book as a "remarkable resource that will please both musical professionals and amateurs, along with teachers and their students, and conductors and singers.” Throughout the ages, people have wanted to sing in a communal context. This desire apparently stems from a deeply rooted human instinct. Consequently, choral performance historically has often been related to human rituals and ceremonies, especially rites of a religious nature. Historical Dictionary of Choral Music, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,300 cross-referenced entries on composers, conductors, choral ensembles, choral genres, and choral repertoire. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about choral music.
Book Synopsis Source Readings in American Choral Music by : David P. DeVenney
Download or read book Source Readings in American Choral Music written by David P. DeVenney and published by Pendragon Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Choral Music written by Avery T. Sharp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites on choral music. This book will serve as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars in sorting through the massive amount of new material that has appeared since publication of the previous edition.
Book Synopsis Choral Music by : James Michael Floyd
Download or read book Choral Music written by James Michael Floyd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choral Music: A Research and Information Guide, Third Edition, offers a comprehensive guide to the literature on choral music in the Western tradition. Clearly annotated bibliographic entries guide readers to resources on key topics within choral music, individual choral composers, regional and sacred choral traditions, choral techniques, choral music education, genre studies, and more, providing an essential reference for researchers and practitioners. Covering monographs, bibliographies, selected dissertations, reference works, journals, electronic databases, and websites, this research guide makes it easy to locate relevant sources. Comprehensive indices of authors, titles, and subjects keep the volume user-friendly. The new edition has been brought up to date with entries encompassing the latest scholarship, and updated references and annotations throughout, capturing the continued growth of literature on choral music since the publication of the second edition.
Book Synopsis The Harvard Dictionary of Music by : Don Michael Randel
Download or read book The Harvard Dictionary of Music written by Don Michael Randel and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-28 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music. The Harvard Dictionary of Music has long been admired for its wide range as well as its reliability. This treasure trove includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background; and articles that reflect today’s beat, including popular music, jazz, and rock. Throughout this Fourth Edition, existing articles have been fine-tuned and new entries added so that the dictionary fully reflects current music scholarship and recent developments in musical culture. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text. This is an invaluable book that no music lover can afford to be without.
Book Synopsis American Reference Books Annual, 2000 by : Bohdan S. Wynar
Download or read book American Reference Books Annual, 2000 written by Bohdan S. Wynar and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thorough and in-depth coverage of reference materials is at your fingertips with American Reference Books Annual. With nearly 1600 descriptive and evaluative entries, it continues its tradition as a comprehensive review source for reference works published or distributed in the United States. It encompasses the entire subject spectrum, covering such areas as general reference, history, education, literature, urban studies, economics and business, and science and technology. Some CD-ROMs and Canadian reference publications are covered.
Book Synopsis Notes by : Music Library Association
Download or read book Notes written by Music Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Church and Worship Music in the United States by : James Michael Floyd
Download or read book Church and Worship Music in the United States written by James Michael Floyd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully updated second edition is a selective annotated bibliography of all relevant published resources relating to church and worship music in the United States. Over the past decade, there has been a growth of literature covering everything from traditional subject matter such as the organ works of J.S. Bach to newer areas of inquiry including folk hymnology, women and African-American composers, music as a spiritual healer, to the music of Mormon, Shaker, Moravian, and other smaller sects. With multiple indices, this book will serve as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars sorting through the massive amount of material in the field.
Book Synopsis An Annotated Bibliography of Church Music by : Jason M. Runnels
Download or read book An Annotated Bibliography of Church Music written by Jason M. Runnels and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose and scope of this bibliography is to survey the literature concerning church music, primarily in publications from 1980 to the present, while including materials that have been published and serve as primary resources earlier than that. The emphasis is on Protestant church music, largely those published in the English language. The selected lists include over 700 titles, and contain citations with annotations of reference works and bibliographies. The annotations offer an indication of the scope, content, and special features of each work. This study will fill the research and reference needs of music students, scholars, and church musicians, as well as providing research and college libraries with a reference for building their church music collections.
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Book Synopsis Music Reference and Research Materials by : Vincent Harris Duckles
Download or read book Music Reference and Research Materials written by Vincent Harris Duckles and published by New York : Schirmer Books ; London ; Toronto : Prentice Hall International. This book was released on 1997 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text has been the standard guide to source literature of music and contains critically annotated listings of over 3,500 key sources. This comprehensive guide to reference sources is organized into chapters by category of source. The text's organization introduces students to a vast array of sources to include: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; Histories and Chronologies; Sources of Systematic and Historical Musicology; Bibliographies of Music, Music Literature, and Music Business; Reference Works on Individual Composers and Their Music; Catalogs of Libraries and Musical Instrument Collections; Discographies; Yearbooks; Directories; Electronic Resources.
Book Synopsis The Music Performance Library by : Russ Girsberger
Download or read book The Music Performance Library written by Russ Girsberger and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Meredith Music Resource). The music performance library is the heart of any musical ensemble, supplying music to performers and information to an entire organization. This text contains valuable information on this important topic for all musicians, including music directors, conductors, student librarians, community volunteers, professional performance librarians, and performers. This essential resource provides step-by-step directions on the librarian's responsibilities, including how to: locate and choose editions * purchase and rent music * catalog new works * store and preserve music * prepare music for performance * mark bowings * correct errata * prepare manuscripts and programs * distribute and collect parts * and communicate efficiently.
Download or read book The Sonneck Society Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Humanities written by Ron Blazek and published by Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering nearly 1,400 information sources, this book maps the vast terrain of knowledge in humanities studies. Detailed annotations give users an in-depth view of the sources and thorough indexes provide easy access. Web resources are included on a highly selective basis. The number of information sources and the diversification of formats are revolutionizing library and scholarly practice. While accessing information is easier, evaluation of resources has become increasingly more difficult. Covering a broader territory and more sources than previous editions, this book offers an up-to-date, reliable guide to nearly 1,400 of the most important and representative information sources in the immense discipline of humanities studies. Following the basic organization of previous editions, Blazek and Aversa present chapters on sources (reference tools) and access (ways to find and retrieve information) for each subject covered (e.g., language and literature, philosophy, visual arts). For the first time the authors have included web resources and their URLs on a highly selective basis. All sources have been reviewed, updated, and in many cases expanded. Computerized databases (both online and CD-ROM) are integrated with the books. Detailed annotations give users an in-d
Book Synopsis Introduction to Research in Music by : Richard Wingell
Download or read book Introduction to Research in Music written by Richard Wingell and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to show what research and writing skills can do for any musician, this unique single-source volume features a discussion of musical research, bibliographic tools, guides to print and electronic resources for research, specific research skills, discussion of the process of writing and editing a research paper on a musical topic, and analysis of an article from a musicological journal. Students will find the guide a solid reference not only for their coursework, but later during their professional lives as well--e.g., for locating scores, researching music, writing program notes, publishing, etc. [This book is intended] for the Introduction to Bibliography and Research course taken by all new graduate music students in ALL areas of music instruction--performance, church and choral music, conducting, music education, theory and composition, and music history. --Publisher description.
Book Synopsis A Composer's Insight: Leslie Bassett by : Timothy Salzman
Download or read book A Composer's Insight: Leslie Bassett written by Timothy Salzman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volume are rare, behind-the-notes perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent resource for conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers' training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas. Features the music of: Timothy Broege, Michael Colgrass, Michael Daugherty, David Gillingham, John Harbison, Karel Husa, Alfred Reed and others.
