Choral Treatises and Singing Societies in the Romantic Age

David Friddle explores choral methods and community choral ensembles that originated in the nineteenth century. Using more than one hundred musical examples, illustrations, tables, and photographs, he documents the expansion of choral singing beginning in the early 1800s.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgments & Proviso
Foreword, by Amanda Quist, DMA
Romanticism in Music
Choral Treatises
I. Training Volunteer Choristers to Sing
III. Building Community Choruses
III. Choral Conducting
IV. François-Joseph Fétis
V. Summation
Singing Societies
I. The Beginning of Singing Societies
II. German-Speaking Europe
III. Great Britain
IV. France
V. North America
VI. Italy & the Iberian Peninsula
VII. Low Countries
VIII. Finland
IX. Scandinavia
X. Summation
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

About the author

By David Friddle - Foreword by Amanda Quist

Summary

David Friddle explores choral methods and community choral ensembles that originated in the nineteenth century. Using more than one hundred musical examples, illustrations, tables, and photographs, he documents the expansion of choral singing beginning in the early 1800s.

Product details

• Authors: David Friddle
• Assisted by: Amanda Quist (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781666911114
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-111-4
• No. of pages: 438
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / General, Music, History: specific events & topics, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Printed Music / Choral, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Choral, History of Music, Music reviews & criticism, Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Choral Music