Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides--The
Symphony and The Concerto--have been universally praised for their
blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and
delightful humor. Now Steinberg follows these two greatly admired
volumes with Choral Masterworks, the only such guide available to
this most popular of musical forms.
Here are more than fifty illuminating essays on the classic choral
masterworks, ranging from Handel's Messiah, Bach's Mass in B Minor,
and Beethoven's Missa solemnis, to works by Haydn, Brahms,
Mendelssohn, and many others. Steinberg spans the entire history of
classical music, from such giants of the Romantic era as Verdi and
Berlioz, to leading modern composers such as Elgar, Rachmaninoff,
Vaughan Williams, and Stravinsky, to contemporary masters such as
John Adams and Charles Wuorinen. For each piece, Steinberg includes
a fascinating biographical account of the work's genesis, often
spiced with wonderful asides. The author includes an astute musical
analysis of each piece, one that casual music lovers can easily
appreciate and that more serious fans will find invaluable. The
book also provides basic information such as the various movements
of the work, the organization of the chorus and orchestra, and
brief historical notes on early performances.
More than twenty million Americans perform regularly in choirs or
choruses. Choral Masterworks will appeal not only to concert goers
and CD collectors, but also to this vast multitude of choral
performers, an especially engaged and active community.
"What sets Steinberg's writing apart is its appealing mixture of
impregnable authority (he knows this music) and purelypersonal
asides (by the end of the book, we know this man). Choral
Masterworks can be read by anybody, from a professional musician to
any young listener newly braced by the stoic pessimism of the
Brahms 'German Requiem.'" --Washington Post Book World
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