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9780300104547

The Robert Shaw Reader

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300104547

  • ISBN10:

    0300104545

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2004-10-11
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

Robert Shaw is considered to be the most influential choral conductor in American history. This is the first collection of his letters and notes about music ever publishedat another time, it is the book Shaw would have written himself. The letters are an invigorating mix of music history and analysis, philosophy, inspiration, and practical advice. Shaw examines technique, but only as a means to an endhe moves beyond that, delving into the essence of what music is and what it has to say to us. The heart of the book is composed of Shaw's previously unpublished notes on fifteen major choral works, ranging from Bach's B Minor Mass to Stravinsky'sSymphony of Psalms. Often inspiring and sometime hilarious, these writings reveal the full breadth of Shaw's knowledge, intensity, and humor.

Author Biography

Robert Blocker is the Lucy and Henry Moses Dean of the Yale School of Music.

Table of Contents

Preface by Robert Blocker vii
Introduction by Tim Page ix
Part I ORGANIZING AND SUSTAINING THE CHORUS 3(44)
Part II THOUGHTS ON MUSIC, SINGING, REHEARSAL, AND PERFORMANCE 47(72)
Approach, Analysis, Preparation
51(9)
Warm-Up, Rhythm and Tempo, Phrasing
60(22)
Quiet Singing and Count-Singing
82(14)
Enunciation, Language
96(23)
Part III CONDUCTING THE MASTERPIECES 119(216)
Part IV PREACHING THE GOSPEL (OF THE ARTS) 335(78)
Part V CELEBRATING THE RITUALS OF LIFE 413(44)
Awards and Citations
417(8)
Eulogies
425(10)
Letters
435(10)
Verse
445(12)
Index 457

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