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Source readings in American choral music
David P. DeVenney-
Frontmatter
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PREFACE (page xi)
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A CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICAN CHORAL MUSIC (page 1)
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PART I: MUSIC BEFORE 1830 (page 11)
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Introduction (page 13)
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Thomas Walter, "Preface" to The Grounds and Rules of Musick Explained (page 15)
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Conrad Beissel, Instructions on the Voice from the Turtel Taube (page 20)
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William Billings, "On Vocal Music" from the Massachusetts Gazette (page 23)
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Supply Belcher, "Conclusion" to The Harmony of Maine (page 34)
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Anonymous, "General Directions for the Performance of Sacred Music" from Music of the Church (page 36)
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Part II: Music From 1830-1920 (page 45)
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Introduction (page 47)
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Thomas Hastings, "Introduction" to Nursery Songs (page 49)
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Lowell Mason, "Rules for the Preservation of the Voice" from The American Music Review (page 52)
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John Knowles Paine, a review of St. Peter by J. Fiske, The Atlantic Monthly (page 55)
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Anonymous, a review of The Fisk Jubilee and Hampton Singers from Dwight's Journal of Music (page 64)
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Amy Beach, a review of Mass in E-flat from the Boston Evening Transcript (page 74)
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Amy Beach, "The 'How' of Creative Composition" from Etude (page 77)
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Dudley Buck, "Concluding Remarks" from Illustrations in Choir Accompaniment (page 80)
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Horatio Parker, a review of Hora novissima from the New York Times (page 84)
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Theodore Thomas, "Musical Possibilities in America" from Scribner's (page 87)
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George Whitefield Chadwick, "A Plea for Choral Singing" from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (page 94)
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PART III: MUSIC SINCE 1920 (page 101)
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Introduction (page 103)
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Daniel Gregory Mason, "Music and the Plain Man" from The Dilemma of American Music (page 105)
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William Grant Still, "An Afro-American Composer's Point of View" from American Composers on American Music (page 112)
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Ernest Bloch, "My Sacred Service" from Ernest Bloch: Creative Spirit (page 114)
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Virgil Thomson, "Choral Effectives" from the New York Herald Tribune (page 122)
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Leo Sowerby, "What Church Music Can Be" from Ideals in Church Music (page 126)
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Leonard Bernstein, reviews of Mass from the Washington Post by Richard L. Coe, and the New York Times by Harold C. Schonberg (page 132)
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Ned Rorem, "Notes on Sacred Music" from AGO Music Magazine (page 138)
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William Schuman, an interview from The Choral Journal (page 144)
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Vincent Persichetti, an interview from The Choral Journal (page 171)
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Roger Sessions, a review of When Lilacs Last In the Dooryard Bloom'd from The New Yorker by Andrew Porter (page 182)
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Randall Thompson, "Writing for the Amateur Chorus" from American Choral Review (page 192)
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Undine Smith Moore, an interview from The Black Perspective in Music (page 205)
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Kirke Mechem, an interview from The Choral Journal (page 216)
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR FURTHER STUDY (page 225)
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INDEX (page 243)
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Published: c1995
Publisher: College Music Society
- 9780965064712 (paper)
- 9780965064705 (hardcover)