Robert Shaw Reader

Name: Robert Shaw Reader
Price: 43.5 USD
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ISBN: 9780300104547

ISBN-10: 0300104545

ISBN-13: 9780300104547

Edition: 2004

Authors: Robert Blocker

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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 published—at 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 end—he 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 The heart of the book is composed of Shaw’s previously unpublished notes on fifteen major choral works, ranging from Bach’s B Minor Mass to Stravinsky’sSymphony of Psalms. Often inspiring and…

Book details

List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 10/11/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.94" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.958



Preface



Introduction




Organizing and sustaining the chorus



Thoughts on music, singing, rehearsal, and performance


Approach, analysis, preparation


Warm-up, rhythm and tempo, phrasing


Quiet singing and count-singing


Enunciation, language



Conducting the masterpieces



Preaching the gospel (of the arts)



Celebrating the rituals of life