Choral Composition: A Handbook for Composers, Arrangers, Conductors, and Singers

by Robert Stephan Hines

This comprehensive handbook details the fundamentals and forms of choral composition and expands upon the coverage and number of topics in Archibald T. Davison's 1945 classic text Choral Composition. Historical trends in choral composition are traced with a special emphasis on the profusion of changes that occurred throughout the twentieth century, particularly since 1950. Early chapters focus on characteristics of voice, notation, text, devices,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313315884
• ISBN13: 9780313315886
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"