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Sing Romantic Music Romantically

Nineteenth-Century Choral Performance Practices
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There is a paucity of material regarding how choral music specifically was performed in the 1800s. The Historically Informed Performance (HIP) movement has made remarkable advancements in choral music of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods, with modest forays into the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and other early nineteenth-century composers; however, there are no sources with a comprehensive examination of how choral music was performed. Using more than one-hundred musical examples, illustrations, tables, and photographs and relying on influential, contemporaneous sources, David Friddle details the performance practices of the time, including expressive devices such as articulation, ornamentation, phrasing, tempo, and vibrato, along with an in-depth discussion of period pronunciation, instruments, and orchestral/choral placement. Sing Romantic Music Romantically: Nineteenth-Century Choral Performance Practices fills a gap in choral scholarship and moves forward our knowledge of how choral music sounded and was performed in the nineteenth century. The depth of research and abundance of source material makes this work a must-have for choral professionals everywhere.
David Friddle is a conductor, organist, educator, scholar, and composer.
Acknowledgments Introduction Proviso Foreword, by Nick Strimple, DMA One More Thing Chapter 1. Expressive Devices Chapter 2. Pronunciation Chapter 3. Chordopohones, Aerophones, and Drums Chapter 4. Quires, Bands, and Where They Sit [Semi]final Thoughts Bibliography Index
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