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A conductor's guide to choral-orchestral works / by Jonathan D. Green.

Author/creator Green, Jonathan D., 1964-
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst paperback edition.
Publication InfoMetuchen, NJ : Scarecrow Press, 2003.
Descriptionxiv, 307 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Developments and Trends -- Survey of Works. Adler, Samuel (b. 1928). The Binding (1967) ; A Whole Bunch of Fun (1969) -- Amram, David Werner (b. 1930). A Year in Our Land (1964) -- Barber, Samuel (1910-81). The Lovers, op. 43 (1971) -- Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990). Kaddish, Symphony No. 3 (1961-63) -- Mass (1970-71) -- Bliss, Sir Arthur (1891-1975) ; Pastorale: Lie Strewn the White Flocks (1928-29) ; Morning Heroes (1929-30) ; Golden Cantata ("Music in the Golden Form") (1963) -- Britten, (Edward) Benjamin (1913-76). Saint Nicolas, op 42 (1948) ; Spring symphony op 44 (1949) ; War requiem op 66 (1961) -- Brubeck, David (b. 1920). Light in the Wilderness (1968) -- Cowell, Henry Dixon (1897-1965). If he please (1955) ; The Creator, op. 919 (1963) -- Creston, Paul (1906-85). Isaiah's Prophecy, op. 80 (1962) -- Delius, Frederick (1862-1934). Appalachia (1896-1903) ; Sea Drift (1903-04) ; Requiem (1913-16) -- Dello Joio, Norman (b. 1913) ; Song of Affirmation (1952) ; Songs of Walt Whitman (1966) -- Del Tredici, David (b. 1937) ; Pop-Pourri (1968, revised 1973) -- Dett, R(obert) Nathaniel (1882-1943). The Ordering of Moses (1937) -- Diamond, David Leo (b. 1915). To Music (1967) -- Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934). The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38 (1900) ; The Apostles, op. 49 (1903) ; The Kingdom, op. 50 (1901-06) ; The Music Makers, op. 69 (1902-12) ; The Spirit of England, op. 80 (1915-17) -- Finney, Ross Lee (b. 1906) ; Pilgrim Psalms (1945) ; Still are New Worlds (1962) ; The Martyr's Elegy (1966) -- Finzi, Gerald (1901-1956) ; For St. Cecilia, op. 30 (1947) -- Flagello, Nicolas (b. 1928). The Passion of Martin Luther King (1968) -- Foss [Fuchs], Lukas (b. 1922). The Prairie (1943) -- Foulds, John (1880-1939). A World Requiem, op. 60 (1919-21) -- Hanson, Howard (1896-1981). The Lament for Beowulf, op. 25 (1925) ; Three Songs from "Drum Taps," op. 32 (1935) -- Harris, Roy (1898-1979). Symphony No. 4, Folk Song (1940) -- Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963). When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (1946) -- Holst, Gustav (1874-1934). Hymn of Jesus, op. 37 (1917) ; First Choral Symphony, op. 41 (1923-24) -- Hovhaness, Alan (b. 1911). Easter Cantata, op. 100 (1953) ; Magnificat, op. 157 (1958) ; Cantata: Praise the Lord with Psaltery, op. 222 (1968) -- Howells, Herbert (1892-1983). Hymnus Paradisi (1938) -- Kay, Ulysses Simpson (b. 1917). Inscriptions from Whitman (1963) -- Lambert, Constant (1905-51). The Rio Grande (1927) ; Summer's Last Will and Testament (1932-35) -- Lees, Benjamin (b. 1924). Visions of Poets (1961) -- Lockwood, Normand (b. 1906). The Prairie (1952) -- Mennin, Peter (1923-83). Symphony No. 4, The Cycle (1948) ; Christmas Story (1949) ; Cantata de virtute: Pied Piper of Hamelin (1969) -- Menotti, Gian Carlo (b. 1911). The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi (1963) -- Persichetti, Vincent (1915-87). Stabat Mater, op. 92 (1963) ; The Creation, op. 111 (1969) -- Riegger, Wallingford (1885-1961). Cantata, in certainty of song, op 46 (1950) -- Rogers, Bernard (1893-1968). The passion (1942) ; Letters from Pete (1947) ; The prophet Isaiah (1950) -- Rorem, Ned (b. 1923). The poet's requiem (1954-55) ; Letters from Paris (1966) -- Rubbra Edmund (1901-1986). Inscape, op 22 (1964-65) ; Advent cantata op 136 (1968) -- Schuller, Gunther (b. 1925). The power within us (1971) -- Schuman, William (1910-1992). This is our time (secular cantata no 1) (1940) ; A free song (secular cantata no 2) (1942) -- Sessions, Roger (1896-1985). When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (1964-70) -- Siegmeister, Elie (1909-1991). I have a dream (1967) -- Starer, Robert (b. 1924). Ariel, Visions of Isaiah (1959) -- Stevens, Halsey (1908-89). A testament of life (1959) -- Thompson, Randall (1899-1984). Americana (1932) ; The passion according to St. Luke (1964-65) -- Tippett, Sir Michael Kemp (b. 1905). A child of our time (1939-41) ; Visions of St. Augustine (1963-65) ; Shires suite (1965-70) -- Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958). A sea symphony (1903-09, revised 1924) ; Sancta Civitas (1923-25) ; Five Tudor portraits (1935) ; Dona Nobis Pacem (1936) ; Serenade to music (1938) ; An oxford elegy (1949) ; The sons of light (1950) ; Hodie (1953-54) ; Epithalamion (1957) -- Walton, William (1902-93). Belshazzar's Feast (1929-31) -- Ward, Robert (b. 1917). Earth shall be fair (1960) ; Sweet freedom's song (1965) -- Willian, Healey (1880-1968). Coronation suite op 57 (1952-53) -- Appendix I. Sources, authors, and translators of texts -- Appendix II. A list of music publishers and distributors -- General bibliography. General reference and biography ; Repertoire ; Interviews ; Discographies.
Abstract Surveys large choral-orchestral works written between 1900 and 1972 that contain some English text. The author examines eighty-nine works by forty-nine composers, from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius to Bernstein's Mass.
General noteWorks included are for full chorus and orchestra, containing some English text, and composed between 1900 and 1972.
General noteRevision of the author's thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and discographies.
ISBN0810847205 (pbk.)
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