The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music

by Edited by André de Quadros

• ISBN13: 9780521128957
• ISBN10: 0521128951
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-08
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Choral music is now undoubtedly the foremost genre of participatory music making, with more people singing in choirs than ever before. Written by a team of leading international practitioners and scholars, this Companion addresses the history of choral music, its emergence and growth worldwide and its professional practice. The volume sets out a historical survey of the genre and follows with a kaleidoscopic bird's eye view of choral music from all over the world. Chapters vividly portray the emergence and growth of choral music from its Quranic antecedents in West and Central Asia to the baroque churches of Latin America, representing its global diversity. Uniquely, the book includes a pedagogical section where several leading choral musicians write about the voice and the inner workings of a choir and give their professional insights into choral practice. This Companion will appeal to choral scholars, directors and performers alike.

Table of Contents

Foreword John Rutter

Introduction: choral music - a dynamic global genre

Choral Music: History and Context:

A brief anatomy of choirs, c.1470-1770

Choral music in the culture of the nineteenth century

Choral music in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries

The nature of chorus

Choral Music the World Over:

Choral music and tradition in Europe and Israel

Canada's choral landscape

A multiplicity of voices: choral music in the United States

A hundred years of choral music in Latin America, 1908-2008

Choral music in East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea

New voices in ancient lands: choral music in South and Southeast

From chanting Quran to singing oratorio: choral music in West and Central Asia

Voices of the Pacific: the (ch)oral traditions of Oceania

Choral music in Africa: history, content, and performance practice

Choral Philosophy, Practice, and Pedagogy:

Globalization, multiculturalism, and the children's chorus

Exploring the universal voice

Authentic choral music experience as 'good work': the practice of engaged musicianship

The making of a choir: understanding individuality and consensus in choral singing

A point of departure for rehearsal preparation and planning

Small ensemble rehearsal techniques for choirs of all sizes

Select bibliography

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