Choral Scores [Paperback]

Choral Scoresis an anthology of music exemplifying distinctive choral repertoire by the most noteworthy composers throughout the history of Western music. A companion volume to Denis Shrock'sChoral Repertoire(Oxford 2009), it presents works of salient importance to the development of choral music in Western culture, representing the music of the composers, eras, and movements discussed most prominently in that volume. Including 132 compositions by 124 different composers, each presented unabridged and in full score, and spanning the entirety of Western music history, from the medieval era through the twentieth century, and into the twenty-first,Choral Scoresis the most thorough, and up-to-date collection of choral music available. Complete with an appendix offering literal translations of texts, as well as composer and genre indices,Choral Scoresis an essential reference for choral scholars, teachers, and students alike.


Introduction
Acknowledgments

The Medieval Era
1. Gregorian chant - Salve regina
2. Hildegard von Bingen - O viridissima virga
3. Guillaume de Machaut - Messe de nostre dame (Kyrie)
4. Johannes Ciconia - Venecie, mundi splendor / Michael, qui Stena domus / Italie, mundicie
5. John Dunstable - Quam pulcra es

The Renaissance Era
France
6. Guillaume Dufay - Missa L'homme arm? (Kyrie)
7. Josquin Desprez - Missa de beata virgine (Agnus Dei)
8. Cl?ment Janequin - Au joli jeu
9. Claude Goudimel - Ainsi qu'on oit le cerf bruire
10. Claude Le Jeune - Amour cruel que pense tu
11. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - Or sus, serviteurs du seigneur
Italy
12. Philippe Verdelot - Italia mia
13. Jacques Arcadelt - Io dico che fra voi
14. Cipriano de Rore - Ancor che col partire
15. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Tu es Petrus - Quodcumque ligaveris
16. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Tu es Petrus (Kyrie)
17. Orazio Vecchi - Fa una canzona
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