This book presents a series of discussions about sixteen choral masterworks, facilitating conductors, singers, and instrumentalists who regularly perform these works and wish to know them in greater detail. Celebrated compositions such as Bach's Mass in B Minor, Mahler's 8th Symphony, Verdi's Requiem, and Britten's War Requiem, are examined in terms of textual symbolism, musical structure, and identification of endearing traits of each work.
This book presents a series of discussions about sixteen choral masterworks, facilitating conductors, singers, and instrumentalists who regularly perform these works and wish to know them in greater detail. Celebrated compositions such as Bach's Mass in B Minor, Mahler's 8th Symphony, Verdi's Requiem, and Britten's War Requiem, are examined in terms of textual symbolism, musical structure, and identification of endearing traits of each work.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert J. Summer is professor of choral studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa and founding conductor of the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay.
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Part 1 List of Figures Part 2 List of Musical Examples Part 3 Foreword by Daniel Moe Part 4 Preface Part 5 Acknowledgments Part 6 1. Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 Part 7 2. George Frideric Handel: Messiah Part 8 3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 Part 9 4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 Part 10 5 Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation Part 11 6. Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 Part 12 7. Franz Schubert: Mass in G Major, D. 167 Part 13 8. Felix Mendelssohn: Suggestions for Abridged Versions of Elijah Part 14 9. Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Part 15 10. Giuseppe Verdi: Manzoni Requiem Part 16 11a. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8 ("Symphony of a Thousand") Part 17 11b. Recording the Mahler Eighth with Robert Shaw Part 18 12. Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 Part 19 13. Maurice Daruflé: Requiem, Op. 9 Part 20 14. Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Part 21 15. Benjamin Britten: Relationships of the Latin Requiem Mass to Wilfred Owen's Poetry in the Britten War Requiem Part 22 Appendix A: Text Organizational Chart for Handel's Messiah Part 23 Appendix B: Text Organizational Chart for Mendelssohn's Elijah Part 24 Appendix C: The Textual Organization of Johann Sebastian Bach's The Passion according to St. Matthew Part 25 Appendix D: Translation of the Text of the Ordinary of the Mass Part 26 Appendix E: Translation of the Text of the Requiem Mass Part 27 Selected Discography of CD Recordings Part 28 Selected Bibliography Part 29 Index of Names Part 30 About the Author
Part 1 List of Figures Part 2 List of Musical Examples Part 3 Foreword by Daniel Moe Part 4 Preface Part 5 Acknowledgments Part 6 1. Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 Part 7 2. George Frideric Handel: Messiah Part 8 3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 Part 9 4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 Part 10 5 Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation Part 11 6. Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Op. 123 Part 12 7. Franz Schubert: Mass in G Major, D. 167 Part 13 8. Felix Mendelssohn: Suggestions for Abridged Versions of Elijah Part 14 9. Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Part 15 10. Giuseppe Verdi: Manzoni Requiem Part 16 11a. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8 ("Symphony of a Thousand") Part 17 11b. Recording the Mahler Eighth with Robert Shaw Part 18 12. Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 Part 19 13. Maurice Daruflé: Requiem, Op. 9 Part 20 14. Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Part 21 15. Benjamin Britten: Relationships of the Latin Requiem Mass to Wilfred Owen's Poetry in the Britten War Requiem Part 22 Appendix A: Text Organizational Chart for Handel's Messiah Part 23 Appendix B: Text Organizational Chart for Mendelssohn's Elijah Part 24 Appendix C: The Textual Organization of Johann Sebastian Bach's The Passion according to St. Matthew Part 25 Appendix D: Translation of the Text of the Ordinary of the Mass Part 26 Appendix E: Translation of the Text of the Requiem Mass Part 27 Selected Discography of CD Recordings Part 28 Selected Bibliography Part 29 Index of Names Part 30 About the Author
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