The Robert Shaw Reader
by Edited by Robert Blocker; Introduction by Tim PageFormat: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2004-10-11
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary
Robert Shaw is considered to be the most influential choral conductor in American history. This is the first collection of his letters and notes about music ever publishedat another time, it is the book Shaw would have written himself. The letters are an invigorating mix of music history and analysis, philosophy, inspiration, and practical advice. Shaw examines technique, but only as a means to an endhe moves beyond that, delving into the essence of what music is and what it has to say to us. The heart of the book is composed of Shaw's previously unpublished notes on fifteen major choral works, ranging from Bach's B Minor Mass to Stravinsky'sSymphony of Psalms. Often inspiring and sometime hilarious, these writings reveal the full breadth of Shaw's knowledge, intensity, and humor.
Author Biography
Robert Blocker is the Lucy and Henry Moses Dean of the Yale School of Music.
Table of Contents
| Preface by Robert Blocker | vii | ||||
| Introduction by Tim Page | ix | ||||
| Part I ORGANIZING AND SUSTAINING THE CHORUS | 3 | (44) | |||
| Part II THOUGHTS ON MUSIC, SINGING, REHEARSAL, AND PERFORMANCE | 47 | (72) | |||
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51 | (9) | |||
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60 | (22) | |||
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82 | (14) | |||
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96 | (23) | |||
| Part III CONDUCTING THE MASTERPIECES | 119 | (216) | |||
| Part IV PREACHING THE GOSPEL (OF THE ARTS) | 335 | (78) | |||
| Part V CELEBRATING THE RITUALS OF LIFE | 413 | (44) | |||
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417 | (8) | |||
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425 | (10) | |||
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435 | (10) | |||
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445 | (12) | |||
| Index | 457 |
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