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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gerald G Hotchkiss |
ISBN: | 0865344493 9780865344495 |
OCLC Number: | 59879750 |
Description: | 107 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | A history of choral music. Early history : 32,000 BC-500 AD ; Gregorian chants ; Rhythm ; Polyphony ; The motet ; Secular singing ; The choral ; The madrigal ; The Baroque period ; Music today for chorus or choir : Opera, Folk songs, Broadway and American pop, The blues, Jazz, Rock (and roll), "New" music, The great choral music -- A guide to singing in a chorus or choir. Some basics of singing ; The physiology of singing ; Round sound ; Vowels and consonants ; The "whole" ; Your voice ; Breathing ; The passage ; Vibrato ; Taking breaths ; Singing softly ; Rhythm ; Reading music ; Words ; Words and music, or music and words : Cheating ; Practice ; Rehearsals ; The aging voice ; Your fellow singers ; Finding a vocal coach ; Singing groups : The barbershop quartet, The octet, Madrigals, Chamber music, Large choruses, Opera choruses, Gilbert & Sullivan, Broadway musicals, Other groups ; To conductors and directors -- The author and singing. |
Responsibility: | by Gerald G. Hotchkiss. |
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