Nineteenth Century Choral Music

Nineteenth-Century Choral Musicis a collection of essays studying choral music making as a cultural phenomenon, one that had an impact on multiple parts of society. Rather than merely offering a collection of raw descriptions of works, the contributors focus their discussions on what these pieces reveal about their composers as craftsmen/women. Major works as well as other equally rich parts of the repertoire are discussed, including smaller choral works and contributions by composers such as Fanny Mendelssohn, Amy Beach, Charles Stanford, and a host of others. The book offers a cultural, historical, and broad contextual view of composers'¬" choral outputs.Di Grazia, Donna is the author of 'Nineteenth Century Choral Music', published 2012 under ISBN 9780415988520 and ISBN 0415988527.