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Choral Composition A Handbook for Composers, Arrangers, Conductors, and Singers
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Robert Stephan Hines
ISBN: 0-313-31588-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31588-6
296 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/2001
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £76.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This comprehensive handbook details the fundamentals and forms of choral composition and expands upon the coverage and number of topics in Archibald T. Davison's 1945 classic text Choral Composition. Historical trends in choral composition are traced with a special emphasis on the profusion of changes that occurred throughout the twentieth century, particularly since 1950. Early chapters focus on characteristics of voice, notation, text, devices, part writing, a cappella and instrumental accompaniments, and choral forms. Hines goes on to analyze the utilization of soloists and choruses with instrumental chamber ensembles, orchestra, and the role of the chorus in opera, operetta, musicals, and music theater. A final chapter addresses practical concerns: music publication and how the artist can function effectively in that world.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Music Examples
    Introduction
    Choral Notation
    Text and Textual Devices
    Choral Composition Devices
    Choral Part Writing, Voicings, Accompaniments and Forms
    Types of Choruses
    Soloists with Chorus
    Keyboard Instruments
    Chamber and Instrumental Ensembles with Chorus
    Orchestra with Chorus and Soloists
    Chorus in Opera, Operetta, Musical Comedy and Music Theater
    Publication
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: ROBERT STEPHAN HINES has authored or co-authored five books on twentieth-century choral and orchestral music, Singers' Liturgical Latin, and freshman and sophomore ear training. He has held teaching or administrative posts at Southern Illinois University, Wichita State University. and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In Hawaii, he served as choral director, department chairman and a decade as dean of the College of Arts and Humanities.
LCC Class: 782
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