| Description |
243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Singing at home : memories from the early years -- Smith College and Juilliard -- Learning from Shaw -- Working with Shaw -- The three-legged stool -- Life and death in New York City -- Melodious accord -- The anatomy of melody -- Evolution of a composer -- The human voice -- Silence and listening -- On composing -- On arranging -- Getting music off the page -- Score study -- Counterpoint and musical analysis -- At the piano with Julius Herford -- Improvisation and song leading -- Teaching music in school -- Lessons from "Westminster -- The vocal warm-up -- Advice for the graduating student -- Advice for the first-year teacher -- Balance -- The future of song. |
| Subject |
Parker, Alice, 1925-
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Parker, Alice, 1925- |
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Composers -- United States -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Conductors (Music) -- United States -- Biography.
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Conductors (Music) |
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Choral music -- United States -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Choral music. |
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Choral music -- Education.
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Education. |
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics. |
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Choral music -- Analysis, appreciation. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
LaBarr, Cameron, interviewer.
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Wykoff, John, 1982- interviewer.
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| ISBN |
9781622773572 (hardback) |
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1622773578 (hardback) |
| Music No. |
G 9660 GIA Publications, Inc. |
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