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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784672903321

Autore

Steinberg Michael <1928-2009.>

Titolo

Choral masterworks [[electronic resource] ] : a listener's guide / / Michael Steinberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-772764-6

0-19-983945-X

0-19-971262-X

1-280-47182-4

1-4237-8424-3

0-19-802921-7

1-60256-334-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

782.5

Soggetti

Choral music - Analysis, appreciation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Sacred Texts in a Secular World: A Word to Nonbelievers-and Believers; ADAMS; BACH; BEETHOVEN; BERLIOZ; BRAHMS; BRITTEN; CHERUBINI; DALLAPICCOLA; DVORÁK; ELGAR; FAURÉ; HANDEL; HAYDN; HONEGGER; JANÁCEK; KODÁLY; MENDELSSOHN; MOZART; ORFF; RACHMANINOFF; SCHMIDT; SESSIONS; STRAVINSKY; TIPPETT; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS; VERDI; WALTON; WUORINEN

Sommario/riassunto

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. This book follows these volumes. It presents more than fifty illuminating essays on the classic choral masterworks.