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Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music Hardcover - 2006

Name: Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music
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Author: Michael Rosewall
ISBN: 9780415980043

by Michael Rosewall

This directory is the most comprehensive index of music written for orchestra with chorus in print today. Offering performance information about choral works by more than 900 conductors, the more than 3,500 entries include such details as instrumentation, languages, timings, publishers, and composer information in an easy-to-follow reference style. Users can also browse categorized appendices of works, composers, and popular and original titles.

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The Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music is the most comprehensive index of music written for orchestra with chorus in print today.Offering performance information about choral works by more than 900 composers, the more than 3,500 entries include pertinent details such as instrumentation, languages, timings, publishers, and composer information in an easy-to-follow reference style. Users can also browse categorized appendices of works, chronological lists of composers, and an index of popular and original titles. From traditional masterworks to contemporary creations, this book presents an impressive variety of choral compositions and serves as both a research aid and practical performance reference.The first volume of its kind, The Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music is designed to meet the needs of professional directors, music educators and students of choral music. The author's hope is that it will broaden the choices available to programmers and performers, spur further research in the field of choral-orchestral music, and encourage composers, musicologists and performers alike to further explore this rich and varied body of musical literature.

Details

Title Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music
Author Michael Rosewall
Binding Hardcover
Pages 632
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Routledge
Date 2006-10-01
ISBN 9780415980043 / 0415980046
Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
Dimensions 9.36 x 6.32 x 1.49 in (23.77 x 16.05 x 3.78 cm)
Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Reference
Library of Congress subjects Choruses with orchestra
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006009651
Dewey Decimal Code 016.782

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Citations

Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2007, Page 242

About the author

Michael Rosewall is an Associate Professor in and former Director of the Music Department at St. Norbert College in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he has taught choral music, music education and music history. He received his Ph.D. in Choral Conducting and Historical Performance Practice from Stanford University in 1992.