Twentieth-Century Choral Music: An Annotated Bibliography of Music Suitable for Use by High School Choirs / Edition 2

by Perry J. White

Overview

This is a critical bibliography of choral compositions accessible to the high school choir, representing major composers and stylistic trends during this century. The 1990 edition of the bibliography includes over 360 titles, providing a convenient sourcebook for secondary school choral directors, choral methods classes, and collegiate choral directors to use in building repertoire for their programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810823945
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

J. Perry White (BM, Rhodes College, Memphis; MME, Florida State; Ph.D., choral literature, University of Iowa) is Director of Music, McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church, Norman, OK. He previously taught at the secondary, college, and university levels for seventeen years, has published several editions of anthems from the English Baroque, and has contributed articles to professional music journals.

Editorial Reviews

...succinctly written...the integrity with which White has pursued his goal...very useful...

The Diapason

Reasonably priced and thoughtfully written, this guide will be useful to most high school music programs. It will also be helpful in many college and church music collections.

American Reference Books Annual

This is a dream of a reference book for choral directors from junior high through college and for directors of community choruses...belongs in music, high school and academic, and in some public libraries...could also find a place in choral directors' own libraries or where sheet music is sold.

Booklist

Reasonably priced and thoughtfully written, this guide will be useful to most high school music programs. It will also be helpful in many college and church music collections.--American Reference Books Annual

This is a dream of a reference book for choral directors from junior high through college and for directors of community choruses...belongs in music, high school and academic, and in some public libraries...could also find a place in choral directors' own libraries or where sheet music is sold.--Booklist

...succinctly written...the integrity with which White has pursued his goal...very useful...--The Diapason

From the Publisher

This is a dream of a reference book for choral directors from junior high through college and for directors of community choruses...belongs in music, high school and academic, and in some public libraries...could also find a place in choral directors' own libraries or where sheet music is sold.

Booklist

Reasonably priced and thoughtfully written, this guide will be useful to most high school music programs. It will also be helpful in many college and church music collections.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)

...succinctly written...the integrity with which White has pursued his goal...very useful...

Diapason

A critical bibliography of choral compositions accessible to the high school choir, representing major composers and stylistic trends during this century. This edition (the first was published in 1982) includes some 360 titles, providing a sourcebook for secondary school choral directors, choral methods classes, and collegiate choral directors to use in building repertoire for their programs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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