The Three Choirs Festival

The Three Choirs Festival
Author: Anthony Boden
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2017
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1783272090

Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Plate Section 1 -- Plate Section 2 -- Plate Section 3 -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Cathedral Organists -- 1 Origins -- 2 A Fortuitous and Friendly Proposal -- 3 A Numerous Appearance of Gentry -- 4 'The Musick of my Admiration Handel' -- 5 The Gentlemen and the Players -- 6 Avoiding Shipwreck -- 7 Prima voce -- 8 Favourites and Flops -- 9 Sacred and Profane -- 10 Froissart -- 11 The Unreasonable Man -- 12 The Dream -- 13 Beyond these Voices -- 14 An Essentially English Institution -- 15 The Elgar Festivals -- 16 Dona nobis pacem -- 17 Recovery -- 18 Association -- 19 A New Epoch -- 20 Jubilee -- 21 Theme with Variations -- 22 Houses of the Mind -- 23 'A Gold-Plated Orchestra' -- 24 A New Millennium -- 25 Reorganisation -- 26 An Invitation to the Palace -- Appendix: Three Choirs Festival Timeline -- Select Bibliography -- Index

The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester

The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester
Author: R. J. King
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2021-11-05
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This fascinating account thoroughly explores the three historic cathedrals located in Britain, specifically at Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester. With vivid illustrations and fascinating tales behind each cathedral area included in this book, art enthusiasts would find themselves riveted to the final pages of this book.

The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams

The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams
Author: Alain Frogley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2013-11-14
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1107650267

An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been as much misunderstood as revered; his international impact and enduring influence on areas as diverse as church music, film scores and popular music has been insufficiently appreciated. This volume brings together a team of leading scholars, examining all areas of the composer's output from new perspectives, and re-evaluating the cultural politics of his lifelong advocacy for the music-making of ordinary people. Surveys of major genres are complemented by chapters exploring such topics as the composer's relationship with the BBC and his studies with Ravel; uniquely, the book also includes specially commissioned interviews with major living composers Peter Maxwell Davies, Piers Hellawell, Nicola Lefanu and Anthony Payne. The Companion is a vital resource for all those interested in this pivotal figure of modern music.

The Three Choirs Cities

The Three Choirs Cities
Author: Bryan D. G. Little
Publisher: London : B.T. Batsford
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1952
Genre: Gloucester (England)
ISBN:

The Complete Choral Warm-up Book

The Complete Choral Warm-up Book
Author: Jay Althouse
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 132
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457406959

A complete sourcebook for choral directors of all levels, as well as choral methods classes. Contains 211 warm-ups with information on usage, photos illustrating correct posture and vowel formation, and a well organized index to make finding the right warm-up a snap. Belongs in every choral director's library.

Conducting Choirs, Volume 1: The Promising Conductor: A Practical Guide for Beginning Choral Conductors

Conducting Choirs, Volume 1: The Promising Conductor: A Practical Guide for Beginning Choral Conductors
Author: David P. DeVenney
Publisher: Roger Dean Publishing Company
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781429117531

Intended for beginning conductors, this volume offers a conceptual approach to conducting rather than an imitative one. Students begin by building right-hand and then left-hand gestures and are provided with exercises designed to increase independence and expressiveness. Approaches to repertory and programming are also introduced, as are score marking, rehearsal strategies and preparation, and singing technique. In total, it is a concise guide that offers a wealth of practical information and stands alone as a resource for even part-time choir directors.

Evanly Choirs

Evanly Choirs
Author: Rhys Bowen
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1999-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 146684017X

With her third book in this acclaimed series, Rhys Bowen offers another page-turning tale of small-town mayhem and murder, in Evanly Choirs When Constable Evan Evans is persuaded to join the local male choir for the upcoming eisteddfod (cultural festival), he doesn't think the addition of his mediocre voice will do them much good. In spite of all the effort that choirmaster Mostyn Phillips puts in to the choir, it is not exactly first class. Hope arrives in the form of world renowned tenor Ifor Llewelyn, come home to Llanfair to rest, on doctor's orders. Llewelyn immediately sets about renewing old friendships, and Mostyn even persuades him to sing with the choir. But Ifor isn't in Llanfair long before the residents decide that his presence is a mixed blessing. Noisy fights between Ifor and his wife, a threatening stranger, and Ifor's own warped sense of humor make life in Llanfair increasingly tense. When he announces that he is planning to write his memoirs, telling all about his numerous relationships with famous and infamous women, he jokes that some people won't be happy. But is someone unhappy enough to commit murder to stop him? While tracking down a dangerous killer, Constable Evans also manages to navigate the treacherous waters of neighborhood rivalries, lusty barmaids, and local gossip.