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American Choral Music of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Reference Services

Jocelyn L. Low (Program Services Supervisor of Region One Cooperating Library Service Unit in Waterbury, CT )

Reference Services Review

ISSN: 0090-7324

Article publication date: 1 February 1986

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Abstract

American choral music of the present day reflects the variety of styles found in vocal and instrumental music throughout the Western world during the twentieth century. However, the majority of choral music is more conservative in form and tonality than is instrumental music, due probably to the heritage of American choral music. Approximately the first two hundred years of choral singing in America were based on religious texts and simple tunes. Choral music in America did not “flower” until the nineteenth century, when composers began to write in a variety of styles, using secular as well as sacred texts.

Citation

Low, J.L. (1986), "American Choral Music of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Reference Services", Reference Services Review, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 19-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048934

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1986, MCB UP Limited

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