Imperfect harmony
Subtitle: finding happiness singing with others
By: Stacy Horn
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781616200411
Subjects: Choral singing; Social aspects; Choral societies; Choral Society (New York, N.Y.)
Description: "As Horn relates her funny and profound experiences as a choir member [of the Choral Society of Grace Church in New York], she treats us to an eclectic history of group singing and the music that moves us--whether we're hearing it for the first time or the hundredth--, the dramatic stories of conductors and composers, and discoveries from the new science of singing, including the remarkable physical benefits of song"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A German requiem; title: Recitative. The Orpheus Glee Club; title: The Chichester Psalms; title: Recitative. The Rubinstein Club; title: Messiah; title: Toward the unknown region; title: Recitative. The People's Choral Union; title: Mass No. 11 in D minor, aka Missa in Angustiis; title: Ave Maria; title: Recitative. The Chatham Street Chapel riot; title: Missa simile est regnum coelorum; title: The last invocation and memoranda; title: Recitative. Francis Boott and R. Nathaniel Dett; title: O magnum mysterium; title: Ye shall have a song and Water night and Fate and faith songs.