THE JUNIOR A CAPPELLA CHORUS BOOK
Edited by
OLAF C. CHRISTIANSEN and CAROL M. PITTS
For Mixed Voices Price, in Boards, $1.00
Contains one hundred and twenty-eight pages of music, an elaborate and helpful Foreword, and Hints for the Singers by Dr. Hollis Dann.
Of the fifty-one musical numbers, forty-two are secular and nine are sacred. More than half are made available in a cappella form for the first time.
As the best possible preparation for acquiring independent movement of voices accustomed only to part-songs that move solidly together, the book opens with fifteen canons, rounds, and catches by Byrd, Hayes, Haydn, Hilton, Purcell, and others. These are followed by two canzonets of Morley (two-part) and three-part (S. A. B.) choruses by Shield and Ford and arrangements of folksongs. The body of the book consists of four-part madrigals, folksongs, two Negro spirituals, and other choruses. Several five-part songs are included. Morley, Weelkes, Pilkington, Bennet, Gevaert, Lully, Praetorius, Mozart, Bortniansky, Archangelsky, Sibelius, and others are represented.
While the musical standard of the editors is high, pains have been taken to selectmusic that not only is suitable in range and text for junior choruses, but is hearty, joyous, and singable.
This truly significant volume will fill a great need, and be the happiest possible introduction to the art of unaccompanied chorus singing.