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1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) |
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Monographs and bibliographies in American music ; no. 15 |
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Monographs and bibliographies in American music ; no. 15.
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Pt. 1. Music before 1830 -- "Preface" to The grounds and rules of musick explained / Thomas Walter -- Instructions on the voice from the Turtel Taube / Conrad Beissel -- "On vocal music" from the Massachusetts Gazette ; "Thoughts on music" from The New England psalm singer ; "Lessons" from The singing master's assistant / William Billings -- "Conclusion" to The harmony of Maine / Supply Belcher -- "General directions for the performance of sacred music" from Music of the church / Anonymous -- pt. 2. Music from 1830-1920 -- "Introduction" to Nursery songs / Thomas Hastings -- "Rules for the preservation of the voice" from The American Music Review / Lowell Mason -- Review of St. Peter by J. Fiske, The Atlantic monthly / John Knowles Paine -- A review of The Fisk Jubilee and Hampton Singers from Dwight's journal of music / Anonymous -- Review of Mass in E-flat from the Boston Evening transcript / Amy Beach -- "The 'how' of creative composition" from Etude / Amy Beach -- "Concluding remarks" from Illustrations in choir accompaniment / Dudley Buck -- Review of Hora novissima from the New York Times / Horatio Parker -- "Musical possibilities in America" from Scribner's / Theodore Thomas -- "A plea for choral singing" from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters / George Whitefield Chadwick -- pt. 3. Music since 1920 -- "Music and the plain man" from The dilemma of American music / Daniel Gregory Mason -- "An Afro-American composer's point of view" from American composers on American music / William Grant Still -- "My sacred service" from Ernest Bloch : creative spirit / Ernest Bloch -- "Choral effectives" from the New York Herald tribune / Virgil Thomson -- "What church music can be" from Ideals in church music / Leo Sowerby -- Reviews of Mass from the Washington Post by Richard L. Coe and the New York Times by Harold C. Schonberg / Leonard Bernstein -- "Notes on sacred music" from AGO music magazine / Ned Rorem -- An interview from The choral journal / William Schuman -- An interview from The choral journal / Vincent Persichetti -- A review of When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd from The New Yorker by Andrew Porter / Roger Sessions -- "Writing for the amateur chorus" from American choral review / Randall Thompson -- An interview from The black perspective in music / Undine Smith Moore -- An interview from The choral journal / Kirke Mechem |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-241) and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Choral music -- United States -- History
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Choral music
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Music History & Criticism, Vocal.
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Music.
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Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
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United States
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History
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Electronic book
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