Choral Masterpieces : Major and Minor, Hardcover by Tarling, Nicholas, Like N...
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Choral Masterpieces : Major and Minor, Hardcover by Tarling, Nicholas, ISBN 1442234938, ISBN-13 9781442234932, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor, historian Nicholas Tarling surveys the landscape of choral works, some standard masterpieces that are commonly performed by choruses around the world, others deserving a second, closer look. As noted in the foreword by Uwe Grodd , music director of the Auckland Choral Society, this work “is a collection of essays about a number of outstanding works, including Beethoven’sMiss Solemnis and Britten’s War Requiem, but he also invites attention to lesser masterpieces. If the choral movement, which includes both singers and listeners, is to survive, new works must be created and repertory expanded. Th is an easy and captivating read even if you are not a chorister.” Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor features short essays on over 28 works, from major masterpieces such as Handel’sMessiah and Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion to off-the-beaten path choral works such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’sHiawatha and Frederick Delius’A Mass of Life. Throughout, Tarling offers assessments that sparkle with unique insights and at the same time ground listener’s in the historical contexts of the work’s production and performance. Each work is transformed in Tarling’s able hands from musical work into a window into the mind and milieu of the composer. Choral Masterpieces: Major and Minor mixes choral mainstays wit
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Year: 2014
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9781442234932
- Condition: Fine
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