Off the Beaten Path: Undiscovered gems from the Choral Public Domain Library (original) (raw)

Review of Chester L. Alwes, A History of Western Choral Music, Vol 1. Oxford UP, 2015

Sixteenth Century Journal, 2017

With A History of Western Choral Music, Chester Alwes (a renowned pedagogue of choral music) contributes an important survey of western choral music, one generally lacking in the literature. This first volume of two (the second volume was published in September 2016) details the changes and challenges in the repertoire from medieval Europe through the end of the nineteenth century. The historical division of the volumes is a little misleading when assessing volume 1 alone because volume 2 will take up other nineteenth-century genres: volume 1 covers the genres of the mass, the requiem, and other sacred choral music, while volume 2 elaborates the Romantic oratorio beginning with Haydn, the role of the chorus in nineteenth-century opera, and the development of the choral symphony, threads that pertain to the twentieth century repertoire. It is the most significant and detailed general history of western choral music available other than Dennis Schrock's 2009 hefty one-volume reference Choral Repertoire (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 800 pp.), which also includes a companion anthology of musical scores (there is no reference in this volume to a specific anthology, and the author assumes his readers will be able to obtain, or have at hand, eye, and ear, the repertoire under examination). While a very full text, it is also quite readable.

Choral Research 1960-2010. Bibliography / Körforskning 1960-2010. Bibliografi

Demereau-Serfass, Beatrice (2000). Le chant choral. Moyen d"acces a la musique pour le choriste amateur adulte. Diss. Université de Pau et des Pays de l"Adour. Kaelin, Pierre (1987). L"Art choral: le choriste, le chef de choeur, le pédagogue, la vie du choeur, l"écriture chorale, l"accopagnement instrumental, la musique chorale liturgique, les choeurs d"enfants.

CHORAL MUSIC COMPOSED BY WOMEN A Brief History

Choral Journal, 2019

Over the past several decades, professional organizations like the American Choral Directors Association and International Federation of Choral Music have had significant impact on promoting choral music in universities, colleges, and public schools. The explosion of professional choral ensembles and extensive discography of recordings that these elite groups produce has exponentially raised the bar of choral excellence. As a result, choral culture—in both the United States and abroad—is thriving in the twenty-first century. The rich catalog of works produced by the women composers introduced in this article deserve to be explored, programmed, sung, and celebrated on a regular basis. If we do not actively engage in this effort, think of the magnificent choral repertoire that we, and future generations, will never have the privilege of hearing or singing.

Choral Music by American Composers for Treble Voices since 1988

Research Memorandum Series, 2018

It is apparent even to the casual observer that more women participate in American choral singing than men. Choirs at all levels struggle to recruit enough men to balance the legions of singing women. For this reason, American treble choirs are abundant. Yet, women may still feel marginalized in the choral world. Much work remains to resolve issues of opportunity for female conductors, visibility for female composers, equity for female academics, and access to quality treble repertoire. In response to the last challenge, this issue of the Research Memorandum Series highlights repertoire written for this underserved group. Dr. Jennifer Flory and Meagan W. Johnson present literature for treble choirs written by American composers in the last 30 years.