Focus: Choral Music in Global Perspective - Traditions and Repertoires

List of contents

List of Figures / List of Videos/ Series Foreword / Preface / Acknowledgments PART I The Chorus: Traditions, Evolutions, and a New Perspective / 1 The Book, its Context, the Author / 2 The Chorus: Then and Now / 3 Sketching a "New Normal" / PART II Choirs in Context / 4 Indonesia: The Choral Explosion / 5 The Arab World (Levant) and Israel: Choral Fractures and Bridges / 6 Campus Voices / 7 Not Society’s Trash: The Incarcerated Voice / PART III Focusing in on Choruses / 8 Choirs in Global Engagement and the Manado State University Choir / 9 Out and About and In Between: Identity and Orientation in Gender, Sexuality, and Choral Music / 10 Claiming Voice, Ending Silence: Women in Choral Leadership / 11 Doing Something Good After School: The Young People’s Chorus of New York City / Afterword and Afterward / Glossary / Index

About the author

André de Quadros is Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Education Department at Boston University, where he holds affiliations in African, Asian, and Muslim studies, and prison education.

Summary

Focus: Choral Music in Global Perspective introduces the little-known traditions and repertoires of the world’s choral diversity, from the prison choirs of Thailand and the gay and lesbian choral organizations of the Western world, to the community choruses in the Middle East and the youth choruses of the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Andr T. De Quadros, Andra(c) De Quadros, Andra(c) Felipe De Quadros, Andre De Quadros, André de Quadros, Andre (Boston University De Quadros, Andre Felipe De Quadros, Miguel Felipe, André de Quadros
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2019
• EAN: 9780415896542
• ISBN: 978-0-415-89654-2
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Focus on World Music Series; Focus on World Music; Focus on World Music Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; MUSIC / General, Choral Music