Choral masterworks : a listener's guide / Michael Steinberg.
Choral masterworks : a listener's guide / Michael Steinberg.
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New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N782.5/2
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English
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p. cm.
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Sacred texts in a secular world : a word to nonbelievers - and believers -- Adams -- Harmonium -- Bach -- The passions -- Magnificat -- Mass in B minor -- Beethoven -- Missa solemnis -- Berlioz -- Requiem -- Brahms -- A German requiem -- The shorter choral works -- Britten -- War requiem -- Cherubin...
Symphony of psalms -- Mass -- Canticum sacrum (sacred canticle) -- Requiem canticles -- Tippett -- A child of our time -- Vaughan Williams -- A sea symphony -- Sancta Civitas -- Verdi -- Requiem -- Walton -- Belshazzar's feast -- Wuorinen -- Genesis.
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New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2005.
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"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...
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Choral masterworks : a listener's guide / Michael Steinberg.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N782.5/2
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0195126440 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780195126440 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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782.5
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991019903979702626
