The BBC Proms Guide to Great Choral Works |
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| Author:
| Kenyon, Nicholas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-571-22096-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber, Limited
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| Book Format: | Other book format |
| List Price: | AUD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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The BBC Proms Pocket Guides provide all the background and information you need about some of the most popular works in the repertory. As on e of the world's leading music festivals, the BBC Proms has over the years published unrivalled and highly-praised programme notes by some of today's leading writers on music.
Choral singing has been a great tradition of this country's music-making, and the fourth volume looks at some of the greatest masterpieces in the repertory, from...
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The BBC Proms Pocket Guides provide all the background and information you need about some of the most popular works in the repertory. As on e of the world's leading music festivals, the BBC Proms has over the years published unrivalled and highly-praised programme notes by some of today's leading writers on music.
Choral singing has been a great tradition of this country's music-making, and the fourth volume looks at some of the greatest masterpieces in the repertory, from Allegri and Tallis to Handel and Bach, large-scale 19th-century works such as Mendelssohn's Elijah and the Verdi Requiem, through to the masterpieces of the 20th century which reinvented the oratorio: Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, Walton's Belshazzar's Feast and Britten's War Requiem.