A History
Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-85285-513-0
Verlag: Hambledon Continuum
From the recruiting and educating of singers in medieval times, right up to the modern choir - this book is a fascinating history of this English musical tradition, which spans the ages.
- A definitive account of a central aspect of English musical life from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day
Choral training and singing in cathedrals and other churches has been at the heart of the English musical tradition, with many leading musicians originally trained as choirboys. The English Chorister is a history going back to medieval times of how singers were recruited and educated, showing the changes in approach over the centuries, particularly after the Reformation. The great cathedrals provided the setting for the performance, as well as often the composition, of some of the greatest English music, from Taverner to Byrd and from Purcell to Parry. Despite major threats during the Civil War and the eighteenth century, choral singing blossomed under the Victorians. It is a tradition still going strongly, if changed in recent years by the addition of girls to almost all choirs.
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- A definitive account of a central aspect of English musical life from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day
Choral training and singing in cathedrals and other churches has been at the heart of the English musical tradition, with many leading musicians originally trained as choirboys. The English Chorister is a history going back to medieval times of how singers were recruited and educated, showing the changes in approach over the centuries, particularly after the Reformation. The great cathedrals provided the setting for the performance, as well as often the composition, of some of the greatest English music, from Taverner to Byrd and from Purcell to Parry. Despite major threats during the Civil War and the eighteenth century, choral singing blossomed under the Victorians. It is a tradition still going strongly, if changed in recent years by the addition of girls to almost all choirs.
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Introduction
1. Beginnings
2. Anglo-Saxon Choir Children
3. Choristers of the High Middle Ages
4. The Great Flowering
5. Pre-Reformation Choristers
6. Turmoil
7. From Elizabeth I to Cromwell
8. Chorister Actors
9. Restoration
10. Georgian Nadir
11. The Seeds of Reform
12. The Fruits of Reform
13. Foundations, Liturgy and Music
24. The Twentieth-Century Choir School
15. Challenge and response
16. Choristership
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Bibliographies
Index
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