Choral monuments : studies of eleven choral masterworks /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shrock, Dennis
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Choral Monuments; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Josquin Desprez - Missa Pange Lingua; Biographical and Compositional Overview; Salient Compositional Characteristics; Imitation; Ostinatos; The Missa Pange lingua; Structure and Parody Technique; Performance Practice Considerations; Performing Forces; Meter, Tactus, and Tempo; Text Underlay; Musica Ficta and Musica Recta; Summary; Selected Bibliography; 2. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli; Biographical and Compositional Overview; The Papacy and the Counter-Reformation
  • The Missa Papae MarcelliMusical Characteristics; Legacy; Performance Practice Considerations; Pitch and Performing Forces; Meter and Tactus; Oratorical Phrasing; Tempo; Musica Ficta; Summary; Selected Bibliography; 3. Johann Sebastian Bach -​ B Minor Mass; Biographical and Compositional Overview; Bach's Lutheran Masses; Parody Technique; The B Minor Mass; Parodies; Compositional Rationale; Manuscripts, Editions, and Performances; Formal and Musical Structures; Kyrie; Gloria; Credo; Sanctus; Agnus Dei; Summary; Performance Practice Considerations; Performing Forces; Meter and Tempo
  • Rhythmic AlterationOrnamentation; Summary; Selected Bibliography; 4. George Frideric Handel- Messiah; Genesis and Historical Perspective; Handel's Compositional Process; Speed of Writing, Parody Technique, and Revision of Works; The Libretto of Messiah; Formal and Musical Structures; Instrumental Movements; Recitatives; Solo Vocal Movements; Choruses; Performance Practice Considerations; Performing Forces and Stage Set-up; Volume, Timbre, Pitch, and Vibrato; Metric Accentuation; Rhythmic Alteration; Recitative; Ornamentation; Summary; Selected Bibliography; 5. Joseph Haydn - The Creation
  • IntroductionGenesis and Historical Perspective; The Text of The Creation; Musical Expression; Formal and Musical Structures; Performance Practice Considerations; Editions; Performing Forces and Stage Set-​up; Meter and Tempo; Metric Accentuation; Recitative; Ornamentation; Summary; Selected Bibliography; 6. Ludwig van Beethoven -​ Symphony no. 9; Introduction; Genesis and Historical Perspective; Schiller's "An die Freude"; Formal and Musical Structures; Expression; Performance Practice Considerations; Tempo; Metric Accentuation; Orchestration; Stage Set-​up; Selected Bibliography
  • 7. Felix Mendelssohn -​ St. PaulGenesis and Historical Perspective; Reception of St. Paul; Compositional Historicism; The Text of St. Paul; Formal and Musical Structures; Recitatives; Turba Choruses; Arias; Chorales; Choruses; Performance Practice Considerations; Introduction; Performance in German or English; Performing Forces and Stage Set-​up; Fermatas; Recitatives; Recommendations; Selected Bibliography; 8. Johannes Brahms -​ Ein deutsches Requiem; Genesis and Historical Perspective; Reception of the Requiem; Texts Set by Brahms Related to Those of the Requiem
  • The Texts Brahms Chose for the Requiem