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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 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. |
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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