The Oxford Book of Spirituals

ISBN-13: 9780193863040 / Angielski / Nuty / 2001 / 256 str.

Moses Hogan

Opis

African American spirituals comprise one of the world's greatest and best-loved bodies of music. The Oxford Book of Spirituals is the first anthology to present a comprehensive survey of the genre's repertoire -- its principal composers, themes, and forms -- in a way that is at once stylistically authentic, historically meaningful, and intended for practical use both in worship and in concert. This collection features a rich array of songs, both familiar and less familiar, arranged for SATB choir by twenty-eight of the most significant American composers and presented in chronological order from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.

Recenzje

The twenty-eight spirituals included are listed in chronological order of publication, which is helpful in program building. The arrangers are all well known, and include distinguished composers of the caliber of Norman Luboff and Robert Shaw . . . Something in fact, for everybody . . . This is a well-prepared collection, and worth including in any good choral society's library, while being invaluable to specialists in this field. Well done, Mr Hogan! Henry Howell, Australian Music Teacher Magazine April 06

O autorze

Mozes Hogan was internationally renowned as a pianist, conductor, and arranger. He is recognized as having been a leading force in promoting and preserving the African-American musical experience.