Book of Donmon Teith

Most histories of nineteenth-century music portray 'the people' merely as an audience, a passive spectator to the music performed around it. Yet, in this reappr

First performed in concert in 1808, the Choral Fantasy was composed as a "Finale" that would represent elements of the several works that had been performed in

What role does contemporary choral activity play in the construction of social and musical meaning? How can historical knowledge and analysis shed light on cont

Nineteenth-Century Choral Music is a collection of essays studying choral music making as a cultural phenomenon, one that had an impact on multiple parts of soc

David Friddle explores choral methods and community choral ensembles that originated in the nineteenth century. Using more than one hundred musical examples, il