{"product_id":"9780190469054","title":"Choral Monuments: Studies of Eleven Choral Masterworks","description":"\u003cem\u003eChoral Monuments\u003c\/em\u003e provides extensive material about eleven epoch-making choral masterworks  that span the history of Western culture. Included are: \u003cem\u003eMissa Pange lingua\u003c\/em\u003e (Josquin Desprez);  \u003cem\u003eMissa Papae Marcelli \u003c\/em\u003e(G. P. da Palestrina); \u003cem\u003eB Minor Mass\u003c\/em\u003e (J. S. Bach); \u003cem\u003eMessiah\u003c\/em\u003e (G. F. Handel);  \u003cem\u003eThe Creation\u003c\/em\u003e (Joseph Haydn); \u003cem\u003eSymphony #9\u003c\/em\u003e (Ludwig van Beethoven); \u003cem\u003eSt. Paul\u003c\/em\u003e (Felix  Mendelssohn); \u003cem\u003eEin deutsches Requiem \u003c\/em\u003e(Johannes Brahms); \u003cem\u003eMessa da Requiem \u003c\/em\u003e(Giuseppe Verdi); \u003cem\u003eMass\u003c\/em\u003e (Igor Stravinsky); and \u003cem\u003eWar Requiem\u003c\/em\u003e (Benjamin Britten). The works are presented in  separate chapters, with each chapter divided into three basic sections-history, analysis, and  performance practice.  Discussions of history are focused on relevancies-the genesis of the designated work in  reference to the composer's total choral output, the work's place within the musical environment  and social climate of its time, and essential features of the work that make  it noteworthy. In addition, the compositional history addresses three other factors: the work's public reception and  critical response, both at the time of its composition and in ensuing years; the history of score  publications, detailing the various differences between editions; and the texts of the composition.  The material regarding textual treatment, which often includes the complete texts of the works  being discussed, concentrates on primary concerns of the text's usage; also included in the discussion are noteworthy aspects of texts separate from the music as well as biographical details  of librettists and poets, if appropriate.  The analysis section of each chapter outlines and describes musical forms and other types of  compositional organization, including parody technique, mirror structures, and motto repetitions,  as well as salient compositional characteristics that directly relate and contribute to the work's  artistic stature. Numerous charts and musical examples illustrate the discussions.  The discussion of performance practices includes primary source quotations about a wide range  of topics, from performing forces, tempo, and phrasing of each work to specific issues such as  tactus, text underlay, musica ficta, metric accentuation, and ornamentation.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072472072432,"sku":"9780190469054","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780190469054_p0.jpg?v=1763659294","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780190469054","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}