Contents
List of illustrations
Notes on the contributors
Foreword by
John Rutter
Acknowledgements
1
Introduction: choral music – a dynamic global genre
André de Quadros
Part I
Choral music: history and context
2
A brief anatomy of choirs
c
.1470–1770
Andrew Parrott
3
Choral music in the culture of the nineteenth century
Chester L. Alwes
4
Choral music in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries
Nick Strimple
5
The nature of chorus
Paul Hillier
Part II
Choral music the world over
6
Choral music and tradition in Europe and Israel
Leo Samama
7
Canada’s choral landscape
Patricia Abbott and Victoria Meredith
8
A multiplicity of voices: choral music in the United States
Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey
9
A hundred years of choral music in Latin America 1908–2008
María Guinand
10
Choral music in East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea
Jing Ling-Tam and Gene J. Cho
11
New voices in ancient lands: choral music in South and Southeast Asia
André de Quadros
12
From chanting the Quran to singing oratorio: choral music in West and Central Asia
Aida Huseynova
13
Voices of the Pacific: the (ch)oral traditions of Oceania
Karen Grylls
14
Choral music in Africa: history, content, and performance practice
Rudolf de Beer and Wilson Shitandi
Part III
Choral philosophy, practice, and pedagogy
15
Globalization, multiculturalism, and the children’s chorus
Francisco J. Núñez
16
Exploring the universal voice
Mary Goetze, Cornelia Fales, and Wolodymyr Smishkewych
17
Authentic choral music experience as “good work”: the practice of engaged musicianship
Doreen Rao
18
The making of a choir: individuality and consensus in choral singing
Mike Brewer and Liz Garnett
19
A point of departure for rehearsal preparation and planning
Ann Howard Jones
20
Small ensemble rehearsal techniques for choirs of all sizes
Simon Carrington
Notes
Select bibliography
Index