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Choral monuments : studies of eleven choral masterworks /

Provides extensive material about eleven epoch-making choral masterworks that span the history of Western culture. Included are: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin Desprez); Missa Papae Marcelli (G. P. da Palestrina); B Minor Mass (J. S. Bach); Messiah (G. F. Handel); The Creation (Joseph Haydn); Symphony...

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Main Authors: Shrock, Dennis
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Choruses > Analysis, appreciation
Choral music
Summary: Provides extensive material about eleven epoch-making choral masterworks that span the history of Western culture. Included are: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin Desprez); Missa Papae Marcelli (G. P. da Palestrina); B Minor Mass (J. S. Bach); Messiah (G. F. Handel); The Creation (Joseph Haydn); Symphony #9 (Ludwig van Beethoven); St. Paul (Felix Mendelssohn); Ein deutsches Requiem (Johannes Brahms); Messa da Requiem (Giuseppe Verdi); Mass (Igor Stravinsky); and War Requiem (Benjamin Britten). The works are presented in separate chapters, with each chapter divided into three basic sections-history
Carrier Form: xvii, 438 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780190469030 (paperback) :
019046903X (paperback)
9780190469023 (hardcover)
0190469021 (hardcover)
9780190469061 (oxford scholarly electronic book)
0190469064 (oxford scholarly electronic book)
Index Number: MT110
CLC: J652.53
Call Number: J652.53/S561
Contents: Josquin Desprez : Missa pange lingua -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina : Missa Papae Marcelli -- Johann Sebastian Bach : B minor Mass -- George Frideric Handel : Messiah -- Joseph Haydn : The creation -- Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony no. 9 -- Felix Mendelssohn : St. Paul -- Johannes Brahms : Ein deutsches Requiem -- Giuseppe Verdi : Messa da requiem -- Igor Stravinsky : Mass -- Benjamin Britten : War requiem.

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