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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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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. |