Obsah
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Romantic Oratorio from Haydn to Elgar
- a English Oratorio after Handel
- b "Oratorio Volgare"-Italy and Austria
- c Franz Josef Haydn (1732-1809)
- 1 Die Schöpfung ("The Creation")
- 2 Die Jahreszeiten ("The Seasons")
- d Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- 1 Paulus (1836)
- 2 Elijah, op 70
- e Beethoven and Berlioz
- f Robert Schumann-Das Paradies und die Peri, op 50
- g Franz Liszt-Die Legende der Heiligen Elisabeth
- h Oratorio in Nineteenth-Century England
- i Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
- 1 Dream of Gerontius-Text
- 2 Dream of Gerontius-Music
- j Conclusion
- k End Notes
- 2 Part Song in Nineteenth-Century Germany and England
- a Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
- b Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
- c Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- d Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
- e Other German Part Song Composers
- f Part Song in England
- g Rise of the Musical Competition
- h Conclusion
- i End Notes
- 3 Choral Music in Nineteenth-Century Drama
- a Choral Music in Nineteenth-Century Opera
- b Opera in Italy and Germany-Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner
- c Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Dramatic Choral Music
- 1 Hector Berlioz: Le Damnation de Faust
- 2 Felix Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, op 60
- 3 Robert Schumann: Faustszenen, WoO 3
- 4 Johannes Brahms
- e Conclusion
- f End Notes
- 4 Choral Symphony from Beethoven to Berio
- a Ludwig van Beethoven-Symphony No 9 in d minor, op 125
- b Felix Mendelssohn-Symphony No 2 in B-flat, op 52 ("Lobgesang")
- c Hector Berlioz-Roméo et Juliette, op 17
- d Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1739-1832)
- e Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
- f The Choral Symphony after Mahler
- g Gustav Holst-First Choral Symphony, op 41
- h Benjamin Britten-Spring Symphony, op 44
- i Shostakovich, Bernstein and Berio
- j Conclusion
- k End Notes
- 5 The Twentieth-Century Revolution: French Choral Music from
- Débussy to Messiaen
- a Claude Débussy (1862-1918)
- b Debussy's Predecessors
- c Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- d The Rise of the Avant-Garde-Les Six
- 1 Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
- 2 Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
- f Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
- g Olivier Messiaen (1908-1991)
- Cinq Réchants
- h Conclusion
- i End Notes
- 6 "Tonal oder Atonal": Pitch Serialism in the Choral Music of Schoenberg,
- Webern, and their Followers
- a Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
- b Anton von Webern (1883-1945)
- c Beyond the Second Viennese School
- Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
- d Other Dodecaphonic Composers
- e Conclusion
- f End Notes
- 7 Nationalism, Folksong and Identity
- a England
- b Hungary
- 1 Zoltan Kódaly (1882-1967)
- 1 Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
- 2 György Ligeti (1923-2006)
- c Russia
- d Stravinsky-Les Noces
- e Nationalism under the Soviet Regime
- f Veljo Tormis (b 1930)
- g Conclusion
- h End Notes
- 8 Neo-Classicism: The Revival of Historical Models in the Works
- of Stravinsky, Hindemith and Others
- a Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
- b Paul Hindemith (1899-1963)
- c German Church Music in the Twentieth Century
- e Conclusion
- f End Notes
- 9 After Messiaen: The Avant-Garde Aesthetic in Choral Music
- a Boulez and Cage
- b Karl-Heinz Stockhausen (1928-2008)
- c Hans Werner Henze (b 1926)
- d Bruno Maderna and Luigi Nono
- e Luciano Berio (1925-2000)
- f Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)
- g Györgi Ligeti (1923-2006)
- h Mauricio Kagel and Heinz Holliger
- i Other Modernist Choral Composers
- j Modernism-Practical Applications
- k Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
- l Conclusion
- m End Notes
- 10 European Centrism
- a Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968)
- b Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003)
- c Czech Republic
- d Hungary
- e Poland
- f Switzerland
- g Frank Martin (1891-1974)
- h Scandinavian Choral Music
- 1 Sweden
- 2 Norway
- 3 Finland
- i Modern Scandinavian Composers
- 1 Sweden
- 2 Norway
- 3 Finland
- 4 Denmark
- j Conclusion
- k End Notes
- 11 The American Experience
- a The Second "New England School"
- b Charles Ives (1874-1954)
- c Aaron Copland (1900-1991)
- d Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
- e Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
- f Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
- g Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
- h Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
- i Ned Rorem (b 1923)
- j Conclusion
- k End Notes
- 12 The British Isles
- a Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
- b Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- c William Walton and Michael Tippett
- d Kenneth Leighton (1922-1988)
- e Peter Maxwell-Davies (b 1934)
- f John Tavener (b 1944)
- g James Macmillan (b 1959)
- h Conclusion
- i End Notes
- 13 A New Simplicity: Aleatoric and Minimalist
- Procedures in Choral Music
- a Witold Lutos?awski (1913-1994)
- b Krzyzstof Penderecki (b 1933)
- c Arvo Pärt (b 1935)
- d Minimalism
- e Conclusion
- f End Notes
- Bibliography
- Index