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Choral Composition A Handbook for Composers, Arrangers, Conductors, and Singers
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Robert Stephan Hines
Book Code: GR1588
ISBN: 0-313-31588-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31588-6
296 pages, music examples
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/2001
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ...this book fills a much-needed void in choral music, especially as a resource book for composition majors and composers...Hines has, in a most encyclopedic, expansive, and yet incredibly succinct way, succeeded marvelously, filling in previous gaps in history and compositional style.
    —Choral Review     February 2003
  • This comprehensive handbook is highly recommended. It details the fundamentals and forms of choral composition and expands upon the coverage and number pf topics in Archibal T. Davison's 1945 classic text, Choral Conducting ...a must for serious choral people.
    —The American Organist     October 2002
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
LC Card Number: 00-052140
LCC Class: MT40
Dewey Class: 782
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