A History of Western Choral Music(Volume 1)

著者：Chester L. Alwes
出版社：Oxford University Press
出版时间：2015.8.27
ISBN号：978-0-19-936193-9
页数： 488页
开本：25.4 x 3.3 x 17.8 cm
索书号：J616.9/A2609
所在库室：锦江校区教参阅览室

内容简介：
A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Author Chester L. Alwes divides this exploration into two volumes which move from Medieval music and the Renaissance era up to the 21st century. Volume I surveys the choral music of composers including Josquin, Palestrina, Purcell, Handel, and J.S. Bach while detailing the stylistic, textual, and extramusical considerations unique to the topics covered. Consideration of Renaissance music includes both sacred and secular works, specifically addressing the growth of sacred music, the rise of secular music, and the proliferation of sacred polyphony from Josquin to Palestrina. Discussion of the Baroque era is organized by geographic location, exploring the spread of Baroque style from Italy to German, France, and England. Volume I concludes by examining the aesthetic underpinnings of the early Classical and Romantic eras. Framing discussion within the political, religious, cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, and technological contexts of each era, A History of Western Choral Music offers readers specialized insight into major composers and works while providing a cohesive understanding of choral music's place in Western history.
作者简介：
Chester L. Alwes
A native of Louisville, KY, Chester Alwes has served the music faculties of the College of Wooster, the University of Rochester/Eastman School of Music and, from 1982-2011, the University of Illinois as Urbana-Champaign. At Illinois, Alwes developed a national reputation as a specialist in the history and performance practice of choral literature. Alwes has authored numerous articles in a variety of journals and is a composer, editor, and arranger with works published by Oxford University Press, Roger Dean Music, Mark Foster Music, et al. At Illinois, Alwes has overseen the successful completion of over thirty dissertations on the choral music of various periods and styles.
目录：
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Abbreviations
1. Western Choral Music-Medieval Foundations
2. Sacred Choral Music of the Renaissance, I (1425-1525)
3. Secular Choral Music of the Renaissance (1440-1625)
4.Sacred Choral Music of the Renaissance,II(1525-1600)
5. Sacred Choral Music in England (1450-1650)
6. Choral Music of the Italian Baroque (1600-1725)
7. Choral Music in Germany from Hassler to Buxtehude
8.French Baroque Music (1650-1750)
9.Choral Music in England from the Restoration to Handel
10. The Choral Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
11. Aspects of Classicism and Romanticism in Choral Music
12. The Mass (1750-1900)
13. Romanticism and the Requiems of Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi and Brahms
14. Sacred Choral Music from Mozart to Liszt