Choral Music: A Norton Historical Anthology

by Ray Robinson

The editor has realized several objectives in selecting pieces for inclusion: to document stylistic development from the late Middle Ages to the twentieth century; to illustrate the major categories of choral composition in different periods; and to provide a convenient library of works by major composers in the choral genre in a convenient format. The organization of the anthology is chronological: after surveying the sacred choral literature of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393090620
• ISBN13: 9780393090628
• Release Date: May 1978
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 1120 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.1" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Norton Choral Anthology edited by Ray Robinson

Robinson's Anthology of Choral Music covers a wide spectrum of repertoire, dating from circa 1300 to the 1970's. The collection is intended to be a performance manual, with material representing the development of Choral Music throughout the ages. The one comment which could be made is that a short overview of each period would have been helpful to those studying the genre. It would also be nice to have a hard cover version of this text, as the soft cover is easily battered-about in performance.