The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music

doi:10.1017/CCOL9780521111737

Choral music is now undoubtedly the foremost genre of participatory music making, with more people singing in choirs than ever before. Written by a team of leading international practitioners and scholars, this Companion addresses the history of choral music, its emergence and growth worldwide and its professional practice. The volume sets out a historical survey of the genre and follows with a kaleidoscopic bird's eye view of choral music from all over the world. Chapters vividly portray the emergence and growth of choral music from its Quranic antecedents in West and Central Asia to the baroque churches of Latin America, representing its global diversity. Uniquely, the book includes a pedagogical section where several leading choral musicians write about the voice and the inner workings of a choir and give their professional insights into choral practice. This Companion will appeal to choral scholars, directors and performers alike.

'Invaluable to both undergraduate and postgraduate music students. It would be a useful addition to a specialist music library or a university library both in this country and abroad.'

Lucy Seale Source: Reference Reviews

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-xvi
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1 - Introduction: choral music – a dynamic global genre
pp 1-4
- By André de Quadros
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Part I - Choral music: history and context
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2 - A brief anatomy of choirs c.1470–1770
pp 5-26
- By Andrew Parrott
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3 - Choral music in the culture of the nineteenth century
pp 27-42
- By Chester L. Alwes
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4 - Choral music in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries
pp 43-60
- By Nick Strimple
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5 - The nature of chorus
pp 61-76
- By Paul Hillier
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Part II - Choral music the world over
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6 - Choral music and tradition in Europe and Israel
pp 77-103
- By Leo Samama
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7 - Canada's choral landscape
pp 104-114
- By Patricia Abbott, Victoria Meredith
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8 - A multiplicity of voices: choral music in the United States
pp 115-129
- By Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey
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9 - A hundred years of choral music in Latin America 1908–2008
pp 130-148
- By María Guinand
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10 - Choral music in East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea
pp 149-158
- By Jing Ling-Tam, Gene J. Cho
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11 - New voices in ancient lands: choral music in South and Southeast Asia
pp 159-168
- By André de Quadros
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12 - From chanting the Quran to singing oratorio: choral music in West and Central Asia
pp 169-176
- By Aida Huseynova
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13 - Voices of the Pacific: the (ch)oral traditions of Oceania
pp 177-184
- By Karen Grylls
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14 - Choral music in Africa: history, content, and performance practice
pp 185-200
- By Rudolf de Beer, Wilson Shitandi
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Part III - Choral philosophy, practice, and pedagogy
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15 - Globalization, multiculturalism, and the children's chorus
pp 201-215
- By Francisco J. Núñez
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16 - Exploring the universal voice
pp 216-237
- By Mary Goetze, Cornelia Fales, Wolodymyr Smishkewych
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17 - Authentic choral music experience as “good work”: the practice of engaged musicianship
pp 238-255
- By Doreen Rao
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18 - The making of a choir: individuality and consensus in choral singing
pp 256-271
- By Mike Brewer, Liz Garnett
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19 - A point of departure for rehearsal preparation and planning
pp 272-280
- By Ann Howard Jones
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20 - Small ensemble rehearsal techniques for choirs of all sizes
pp 281-291
- By Simon Carrington
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Notes
pp 292-312
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Select bibliography
pp 313-322
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Index
pp 323-339
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Cambridge Companions to Music
pp 340-341
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