Carl B. Schmidt

A History of the Handel Choir of Baltimore (1935-2013)

Music, Spread Thy Voice Around

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Produktbeschreibung

A History of the Handel Choir of Baltimore (1935-2013): Music, Spread Thy Voice Around chronicles the history of one of America's longstanding volunteer choral organizations, one that has followed in the footsteps of venerable ensembles such as the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), the Bethlehem Bach Choir, and the Handel Society of Dartmouth College. It begins by considering music in the city of Baltimore, and establishing the reasons surrounding the choir's formation. Substantial coverage is given to the influence of Katharine M. Lucke, one of Baltimore's grandes dames-as a composer, mover, and shaker-and a vital force in Baltimore's National Music Week from her position on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Subsequently the book focuses on the contributions of each of the ten conductor/music directors, the vicissitudes of funding a volunteer choir, the choir's contributions to music education in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area, and the choir's repertoire. The book contains extensive appendices describing the choir's repertoire, its presidents, and its unbroken string of Messiah performances. Throughout more than seventy-five years, the Handel Choir of Baltimore has remained true to its original charter as an amateur choral organization that aspires to the highest standards of artistic excellence. A History of the Handel Choir of Baltimore is an invaluable resource to those interested in choral music studies, the running of an amateur, volunteer choir, and other disciplines of music studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9780739199336
• ISBN-10: 0739199331
• Artikelnr.: 43485879

Autorenporträt

Carl B. Schmidt is professor emeritus of music history and culture at Towson University.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Foreword by Melinda O'Neal Preface Acknowledgments Sigla and Abbreviations I. Music in Baltimore in the Early 1930s: Katharine E. Lucke and the Founding of the Handel Choir II. A Quartet of Conductors: 1935
48 Roman Steiner (1935
37) A. Lee Jones (1937
42) W. Richard Weagly and George Kent Bellows (1942
48) III. James Winship Lewis (1948
63) IV. Saul Lilienstein (1963
71) V. Ronald J. Gretz and Darrold V. Hunt (1971
77) VI. T. Herbert Dimmock III (1977
2003) Introduction The First Decade (1977
78
1986
87 Seasons) The Second Decade (1987
88
1996
97 Seasons) The Last Half
Decade Plus (1997
98
through the 2002
03 Season) VII. The Handel Children's Choir (2000
08): An Intermezzo VIII. A Season of Transition (2003
04) Elam Ray Sprenkle, T. Herbert Dimmock III, Frank Nemhauser, Thomas Hetrick IX. Melinda O'Neal (2004
13) Coda Appendices I. Handel Choir Performance Venues II. Handel Choir Performances of Handel's Messiah III. Partial List of Concerts Conducted by T. Herbert Dimmock III (1978
2003) IV. Concerts Conducted by Guest Conductors (2003
04) V. Partial List of Concerts Conducted or Prepared by Melinda O'Neal (2004
13) VI. Concerts by the Handel Children's Choir (2000
08) VII. Presidents of the Handel Choir Board of Trustees Bibliography Index