The Robert Shaw reader / edited by Robert Blocker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999.

Contributor:

Blocker, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choral conducting.

Music--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 The heart of the book is composed of Shaw's previously unpublished notes on fifteen major choral works, ranging from Bach's B Minor Mass to Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms.Often inspiring and sometime hilarious, these writings reveal the full breadth of Shaw's knowledge, intensity, and humor.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I. ORGANIZING AND SUSTAINING THE CHORUS

PART II. THOUGHTS ON MUSIC, SINGING, REHEARSAL, AND PERFORMANCE

PART III. CONDUCTING THE MASTERPIECES

PART IV. PREACHING THE GOSPEL (OF THE ARTS)

PART V. CELEBRATING THE RITUALS OF LIFE

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611721565

9781281721563

1281721565

9780300128642

0300128649

OCLC:

952732519