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(Immediate
Release – Los Angeles, CA – November 1, 2007)
 Strimple set to
publish second volume in choral music series
Amadeus Press
schedules "Choral Music In
The Nineteenth Century” for release in Spring 2008
By the author of the critically acclaimed
Choral Music In The Twentieth Century, this second volume
is an indispensable resource for choral conductors, a valuable
guide for choral singers and other music lovers, and an
essential text for educators seeking to challenge their
students. As with his first book, Nick Strimple’s articulate
examination and commentary reviews one-hundred years of choral
music literature, offering a straightforward text that is
gratifying and enlightening all at once.
This book covers the beginning of the
nineteenth century, where sacred choral music enjoyed a revival
as composers incorporated major orchestral accompaniments and
took performances from the church to the concert stage. It
continues through the turn-of-the-twentieth century, where
composers were already delving into the experimentation and
exploration that would fully develop in the twentieth century.
With a clear and concise style, Strimple easily addresses the
immense range of music for vocal ensembles, including secular,
sacred, and folk-influenced works from all over the world.
Strimple deftly covers repertory of every
style and level of complexity in this critical survey, including
works by Beethoven, Brahms, Verdi, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Dvořák,
Bruch, Mahler, and lesser figures. The text is illustrated with
photos and musical examples, and appendices include works lists
organized by type of chorus and accompaniment. The geographical
scope is just as far-reaching: arranged by country or region,
the book includes not only European and American idioms but also
less familiar music from Latin America, the Caribbean and other
parts of the world. The volume may be pre-ordered at
Amazon.com.
Nick Strimple has appeared as a guest
conductor with distinguished international ensembles and has
recorded critically acclaimed CDs of choral music by
20th-century American composers. He currently serves on the
faculty in the Thornton School of Music at the University of
Southern California.
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REVIEWS
Book: Choral Music
in the Twentieth Century
“Everyone with a love of choral music – whether composer, conductor,
singer or just fond admirer – should have this eloquent book in
their library. Strimple, a gifted and articulate writer, has
produced a volume that is easy, enjoyable and enlightening to read .
. . Finally, the strongest endorsement I can offer is that this text
is required reading for my graduate students.” [James Dearing,
American Music Teacher, April/May 2006]
Recording:
Judith Lang Zaimont:
Meditations for the New Year
“Nick Strimple’s
Choral Society of Southern California gives a tremendous choral
performance. With crisp diction, the sense that they know what
they’re singing about, and an heroic job of maintaining pitch.” [Classical
Archives, January 2006 (#94)]
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