Item Detail
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Dunlap, Kay
Winchester, Barbara -
Vocal chamber music : a performer's guide
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Book
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New York, N.Y.
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1985
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Garland Pub.
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xviii, 140 p. ; 26 cm.
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English
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0824090039; 9780824090036
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Vocal music--Bibliography
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Voice; Vocal Music; Vocal Chamber Music
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ML 128 .V7 D86 1985
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Dunlap, Kay and Barbara Winchester. Vocal Chamber Music: A Performer's Guide. New York: Garland Publishing, 1985.
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Guide for conductor, singer and musicians who seek information on vocal chamber music.
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Includes works for at least one voice and instrument, up to twelve voices and twelve instruments. Spans 1650 to 1980 in time coverage. Majority of works are in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Latin. Attempts to cover all major composers. Works listed are currently in print. Arrangements are excluded as well as excerpts from larger works.
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Entries are listed in alphabetical order by composer. Works under each composer are also listed in alphabetical order. Title is given in original language in most cases. Information included in the listing will include: comments, timings, seasonal nature of work, author's name, author of text, publication information and scoring. A guide to use explains the book's layout and is followed by a helpful list of abbreviations. The latter part of the book is a bibliography and list of music sources intended to encourage further study.
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Helpful for the choral conductor wishing to try something new in a program as well as solo vocalists. Index by score order is another helpful reference.
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Basart, Ann. Cum notis variorum 102 (1986): 21-22.
Goudy, Allie Wise. American Reference Books Annual 18 (1997): 1247. -
BYU Mus Ref
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3090