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This book is a pioneering attempt to explore the fascinating and
hardly known realm of reciting poetry in medieval and Renaissance
Italy. The study of more than 50 treatises on both music and
poetry, as well as other literary sources and documents from the
period between 1300 and 1600, highlights above all the practice of
parlar cantando («speaking through singing - the term found in De
li contrasti, a fourteenth-century treatise on poetry) as rooted in
the art of reciting verses. Situating the practice of parlar
cantando in the context of late medieval poetic delivery, the
author sheds new light on the origin and history of late
Renaissance opera style, which their inventors called stile
recitativo, rappresentativo or, exactly, parlar cantando. The
deepest roots of the Italian tradition of parlar cantando are thus
revealed, and the cultural background of the birth of opera is
reinterpreted and revisited from the much broader perspective of
what appears to be the most important Italian mode of music making
between the age of Dante and Petrarch and the beginning of Italian
opera around 1600.
for women's chorus and piano. This cantata features sixteen
highly-varied folk song settings, bound together in seasonal
groupings to take the listener on an engaging journey through the
year from Spring to Winter. The prologue implores us to 'sing and
be merry', and many of the songs facilitate this with their
charmingly light-hearted melodies and imaginative orchestral
accompaniment. There are also darker moments, such as the haunting
and heart-rending setting of 'The Unquiet Grave' in 'Autumn'. For
this comprehensive new edition, the editor Graham Parlett has drawn
on all available sources, providing an authoritative full score
with critical commentary. This edition also makes available new
materials for the version for string orchestra and piano, and a new
vocal score.
This book charts the life of Arthur Sullivan-the best loved and
most widely performed British composer in history. While he is best
known for his comic opera collaborations with W. S. Gilbert, it was
his substantial corpus of sacred music which meant most to him and
for which he wanted to be remembered. His upbringing and training
in church music, and his own religious beliefs, substantially
affected both his compositions for the theatre and his more serious
work, which included oratorios, cantatas, sacred ballads,
liturgical pieces, and hymns. Focusing on the spiritual aspects of
Sullivan's life-which included several years as a church organist,
involvement in Freemasonry, and an undying attachment to Anglican
church music-Ian Bradley uses hitherto undiscovered letters, diary
entries, and other sources to reveal the important influences on
his faith and his work. No saint and certainly no ascetic, he was a
lover of life and enjoyed its pleasures to the full. At the same
time, he had a rare spiritual sensitivity, a sincere Christian
faith, and a unique ability to uplift through both his character
and his music that can best be described as a quality of divine
emollient.
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.
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Vocalise
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Sergej Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow; Arranged by Stephen Jackson
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for SATB (with divisions) and piano This dazzling work presents an
exploration of light in its many forms and uses, from starlight and
sunlight to electricity, photosynthesis, or guiding ships to
safety. Both piano and voices are used pictorially, conjuring the
beautifully descriptive images from Charles Bennett's text in a
musical setting that contrasts moments of high energy and
tranquility. Lightwaves is sure to capture the imagination and
provide an illuminating take on this fascinating subject.
Jane Dolby fell in love with a fisherman - the most dangerous
peacetime occupation that exists - leading her to find a place in a
traditional British world that many have forgotten. Jane was not
expecting to fall in love, but she did with Colin, a local
fisherman in her hometown. Then one day she faces the loss every
fisherman's wife fears: the disappearance of her husband when his
boat overturns at sea. Three days later, the boat is finally
dredged up, without Colin. At the same time as Jane struggles with
her grief, she must fight to keep a roof over her family's heads.
With the help and kindness of friends and strangers, the fishing
world rallies around one of their own and in time, Jane forms a
plan to give something back to the community that has helped her.
Jane brings together 40 women from fishing communities up and down
the country to release a charity single, founding The Fishwives
Choir, and gives a voice to women previously unheard. SONG OF THE
SEA is the true story of one woman's love and loss, and after years
in which grief stole her ability to sing, she finds her own voice
again.
Sing Carols! is a collection of traditional carols and Christmas
songs for carol singers of all ages, compiled and arranged by
composer Harry Escott. Featuring all your favourites, every song in
this collection can be sung as a single unison line, with
easy-to-learn second and third parts provided for some.
Additionally, there are some accompaniment suggestions for all the
carols that are easy to perform outside and accompanying backing
tracks are available to download.
Most choirs spend their rehearsal time focusing on notes, rhythms,
and precision. They rarely, if ever, discuss a song s meaning and
feeling, even though those elements are precisely what draws people
to the music in the first place. Thousands of books have been
written about choral technique, teaching people how to sing
technically well. What sets The Heart of Vocal Harmony apart is its
focus on honest unified expression and the process of delivering an
emotionally compelling performance. It delves into an
underdeveloped vocal topic the heart of the music and the process
involved with expressing it. The Heart of Vocal Harmony is not just
for a cappella groups it is also for vocal harmony groups,
ensembles, and choirs at all levels, with or without instruments.
In addition to the process, the book features discussions with some
of the biggest luminaries in vocal harmony: composers, arrangers,
directors, singers, and groups including Eric Whitacre, Pentatonix,
the Manhattan Transfer, and more!
The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems caters for church choirs
of all types and sizes, enabling them to have at their fingertips
easy music for every occasion. The collection presents flexibility
of scoring in a constructive and realistic way, with particular
provision for unison or two-part singing, while not forgetting SATB
choirs, and a focus on ease of learning and performance. With
complete coverage of the Church's year, and a fabulous range of
accessible, quality material, this is a vital resource for all
church choirs.
In this volume fifteen musicologists from five countries present
new findings and observations concerning the production,
distribution and use of music manuscripts and prints in
seventeenth-century Europe. A special emphasis is laid on the Duben
Collection, one of the largest music collections of
seventeenth-century Europe, preserved at the Uppsala University
Library. The papers in this volume were initially presented at an
international conference at Uppsala University in September 2006,
held on the occasion of the launching of The Duben Collection
Database Catalogue on the Internet. For the first time, the entire
collection had been made acessible worldwide, covering a vast
number of musical and philological aspects of all items in the
collection.
Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality is
about sacred and secular choirs in Goa and Shillong across
churches, seminaries, schools, auditoriums, classrooms, reality TV
shows, and festivals. Voice and genre emerge as social objects
annotated by tradition, nostalgia, and innovation. Piety literally
and metaphorically shapes the Christian lifeworld, predominantly
those belonging to the Presbyterian and Catholic denominations.
Indigeneity structures the political and cultural motifs in the
making of the Christian musical traditions. Located at the
intersection of Sociology, Anthropology, and Ethnomusicology, the
choral voices emplace 'affect' and the visual-aural dispatch. Thus,
sonic spectrum holds space for indigenous and global musicality.
This ethnographic work will be useful for scholars researching
music and sound studies, religious studies, cultural anthropology,
and sociology of India.
"For the Time Being" is a pivotal book in the career of one of
the greatest poets of the twentieth century. W. H. Auden had
recently moved to America, fallen in love with a young man to whom
he considered himself married, rethought his entire poetic and
intellectual equipment, and reclaimed the Christian faith of his
childhood. Then, in short order, his relationship fell apart and
his mother, to whom he was very close, died. In the midst of this
period of personal crisis and intellectual remaking, he decided to
write a poem about Christmas and to have it set to music by his
friend Benjamin Britten. Applying for a Guggenheim grant, Auden
explained that he understood the difficulty of writing something
vivid and distinctive about that most cliched of subjects, but
welcomed the challenge. In the end, the poem proved too long and
complex to be set by Britten, but in it we have a remarkably
ambitious and poetically rich attempt to see Christmas in double
focus: as a moment in the history of the Roman Empire and of
Judaism, and as an ever-new and always contemporary event for the
believer. "For the Time Being" is Auden's only explicitly religious
long poem, a technical tour de force, and a revelatory window into
the poet's personal and intellectual development. This edition
provides the most accurate text of the poem, a detailed
introduction by Alan Jacobs that explains its themes and sets the
poem in its proper contexts, and thorough annotations of its
references and allusions."
for SSAA unaccompanied This heartfelt setting of words by the
composer begins with a pianissimo drone over which the sopranos
introduce the expressive melody. With lush harmonies, moments of
dynamic intensity, and an overriding sense of awe, it would make an
ideal centrepiece for a Christmas or Epiphany concert or service. A
version for SATB is also available.
Coronations are the grandest of all state occasions. This is the
first comprehensive in-depth study of the music that was performed
at British coronations from 1603 to the present, encompassing the
sixteen coronations that have taken place in Westminster Abbey and
the last two Scottish coronations. Range describes how music played
a crucial role at the coronations and how the practical
requirements of the ceremonial proceedings affected its structure
and performance. The programme of music at each coronation is
reconstructed, accompanied by a wealth of transcriptions of newly
discovered primary source material, revealing findings that lead to
fresh conclusions about performance practices. The coronation
ceremonies are placed in their historical context, including the
political background and the concept of invented traditions. The
study is an invaluable resource not only for musicologists and
historians, but also for performers, providing a fascinating
insight into the greatest of all Royal events.
Choral Repertoire is the definitive and comprehensive one-volume
presentation of the canon of the Western choral tradition. Designed
for practicing conductors and directors, students and teachers of
choral music, amateur and professional singers, scholars, and
interested vocal enthusiasts, it is an account of the complete
choral output of the most significant composers of this genre
throughout history. Organized by era (Medieval, Renaissance,
Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern), Choral Repertoire covers
general characteristics of each historical era; trends and styles
unique to various countries; biographical sketches of over 500
composers; and performance annotations of more than 5,000
individual works. This book will be an essential guide to
programming, a reference tool for program notes and other research,
and, most importantly, a key resource for conductors, instructors,
scholars, and students of choral music.
Oxford Choral Classics: English Church Music assembles in two
volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral
music. The second volume presents a wealth of service material
suitable for use throughout the year. The evening canticles are
given due space, with seventeen settings, including those by Byrd,
Gibbons, Purcell, Walmisley, Stanford, Noble, Howells, Walton, and
Tippett. Also included are settings of the Te Deum and Jubilate
Deo, alongside seven settings of the Preces and Responses and two
additional early Lord's Prayers. The selection is completed with
three supplementary items: a set of previously unpublished Psalm
chants by Howells, John Sanders's Good Friday Reproaches, and a
written-out Order for Compline. Robert King has prepared completely
new editions of all the pre-twentieth-century works, going back to
the earliest and most reliable manuscripts or printed sources.
Playable keyboard reductions have been added for the majority of
unaccompanied items.
for SATB and organ The Gift of Charity is a gently flowing anthem.
It features beautifully arching phrases, an optional soprano solo,
and exultant yet tender climaxes. The text, by Selwyn Image, based
on I Corinthians 13, makes it the perfect choice for weddings, but
also for use all year round.
This Day unites five very different texts, both sacred and secular,
in an exploration of man's relationship with the world and with
God. Opening with an optimistic F sharp major setting of Emily
Dickinson's 'Bring me the sunset in a cup', the work progresses
through the stages of a day (or, indeed, a life): 'Awake, my soul!'
(Thomas Ken), 'This Day' (Jewish text, adapted Chilcott), 'The
Bright Field' (R.S. Thomas), and 'O Lord, support us' (John Henry
Newman). This is powerfully evocative music embracing a range of
moods and styles, with moments of joyful optimism, spiritual
enlightenment, and poignancy.
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Requiem
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Karl Jenkins
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(BH Large Choral). (2004, 55 minutes) Karl Jenkins' Requiem sets
the traditional Latin text of the Requiem mass, including the extra
movements included by Faure and Durufle Pie Jesu and In paradisum .
These are interspersed with haiku "death" poems (sung in Japanese)
whose delicate, epigrammatic texts provide a peaceful commentary on
the liturgical words. The result is a deeply moving expression of
spirituality, whose musical tying together of different cultures
provides a link that is highly appropriate to the modern world.
This powerful book will appeal to choirs wanting to sing an unusual
but appealing and effective piece: the full scoring of the work
includes a part for Japanese flute (shakuhachi) and an array of
unusual drums.
An indispensable and practical guide to protecting and improving
the voice. The gift of a beautiful voice is one to be preserved
until old age, and will give great pleasure to the singer and the
listener alike. This book will enable the singer to be able to
sustain a clear tone effortlessly throughout a rehearsal or
performance. The advice offered here will be invaluable to both
solo and choral singers, and applies to all kinds of singing. As
the voice is a living organ, understanding and exercises are needed
to keep it fit just as the rest of the body does. The book provides
the secrets and techniques that some singers have paid great sums
for!
The crowning glory of Bach's achievements in the field of sacred music, this work is a powerful statement of Christian faith and an inspiring musical experience for musicians and music lovers. Scored for two sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, chorus, orchestra, and continuo, this towering masterpiece is reprinted here from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition.
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