The Robert Shaw Reader
Robert Shaw Reader
1st Edition
Published in December 2004
480 pages
978-0-300-12864-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 The heart of the book is composed of Shaws previously unpublished notes on fifteen major choral works, ranging from Bachs B Minor Mass to Stravinskys Symphony of Psalms. Often inspiring and sometime hilarious, these writings reveal the full breadth of Shaws knowledge, intensity, and humor
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Haven
United States
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
13 b/w illus. + 50 musical examples
13 b/w illus. + 50 musical examples
File size
1,69 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-300-12864-2 (9780300128642)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Robert Blocker
The Robert Shaw Reader
Book
10/2004
Yale University Press
€86.66
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Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I ORGANIZING AND SUSTAINING THE CHORUS
- PART II THOUGHTS ON MUSIC, SINGING, REHEARSAL, AND PERFORMANCE
- APPROACH, ANALYSIS, PREPARATION
- WARM-UP, RHYTHM AND TEMPO, PHRASING
- QUIET SINGING AND COUNT-SINGING
- ENUNCIATION, LANGUAGE
- PART III CONDUCTING THE MASTERPIECES
- PART IV PREACHING THE GOSPEL ( OF THE ARTS)
- PART V CELEBRATING THE RITUALS OF LIFE
- AWARDS AND CITATIONS
- EULOGIES
- LETTERS
- VERSE
- INDEX
