Choral Masterworks
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-534066-2 (ISBN)
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, such as the true story of Mozart's Requiem--Salieri had nothing to do with the composition of it, nor did he poison Mozart, who most likely died of rheumatic fever. The author also includes an astute musical analysis of each piece, one that casual music lovers can easily appreciate and that musicians and more serious fans will find invaluable. The book also includes 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.
Michael Steinberg is a widely admired writer, critic, lecturer and teacher. For many years, he wrote program notes for the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Boston Symphony. He was music critic for The Boston Globe, wrote liner notes for all the major classical record labels, and was on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and the New England Conservatory. He lives in Edina, Minnesota.
Introduction
A Word to Nonbelievers--and Believers
Adams: Harmonium
Bach Introduction
Bach: The Passions
Bach: Saint John Passion
Bach: Saint Matthew Passion
Bach: Magnificat
Bach: Mass in B minor
Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Berlioz: Requiem
Brahms Introduction
Brahms: A German Requiem
Brahms: The Shorter Choral Works
Brahms: Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates)
Brahms: N:anie (Threnody)
Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Britten: War Requiem
Cherubini: Requiem in C minor
Dallapiccola: Canti di prigonia (Songs of Imprisonment)
Dvorák: Stabat mater
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Fauré: Requiem
Handel: Messiah
Handel-Mozart: Messiah
Haydn: Introduction
Haydn: The Oratorios
Haydn: The Creation
Haydn: The Seasons
Haydn: Harmoniemesse (Wind-Band Mass)
Honegger: Le Roi David (King David)
Janácek: Glagolilic Mass
Kodály: Psalmus hungaricus
Mendelssohn: Elias (Elijah)
Mozart Introduction
Mozart: Mass in C minor
Mozart: Requiem
Orff: Carmina burana
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Schmidt: Das Buch mit dieben Siegelm (The Book With Seven Seals)
Sessions: When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd
Stravinsky Introduction
Stravinsky: Canticum acrum
Stravinsky: Persephone
Stravinsky: Requiem Canticles
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Stravinsky: The Wedding
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Vaughan Williams Introduction
Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Verdi: Requiem
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.6.2008 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 472 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-534066-3 / 0195340663 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-534066-2 / 9780195340662 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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