The Chichester Psalms of Leonard Bernstein (Cms Sourcebooks in American Music)
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The Chichester Psalms of Leonard Bernstein (Cms Sourcebooks in American Music) $27.00 A secular work with sacred Hebrew texts and a “hint of Broadway” commissioned by an Anglican cleric for a British choral festival to be held in a medieval cathedral and written by a popular American composer of Jewish heritage in his own eclectic style would certainly attract widespread interest. In fact, since its 1965 premiere, Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein has taken its place in the co… |
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Chichester Psalms $8.5 By Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). Vocal Score. BH Large Choral. Book only. 48 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051321407. Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
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Bernstein: Chichester Psalms $4.99 For everything you do, there’s a song that hits the spot. MOG brings them all to you: a world of music on demand, unlimited mobile downloads and ways to discover music free from the limitations of Pandora. The music you love, with you everywhere you go. |
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Chichester Psalms (CD only – no sheet music) $21.8 “By Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). For Bass voices (Bass 1 & 2). Choral learning aid. SingleParts with StudySpots. Includes Hebrew Language pronunciation track. Classical; Choral. Novice to semi professional. Choral Practice CD. Duration 00:38:51. Published by Rehearsal Arts, LLC” |
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August 15th, 2011 at 6:45 am
An innovative and comprehensive study of the composer at work,
Elaborately sourced and researched and flawlessly presented, “The Chichester Psalms of Leonard Bernstein” are the fourth addition to the CMS Sourcebooks in American Music. Premiered in 1954, Bernstein’s famous choral work of multi–layered beginnings has been described as “a secular work with sacred Hebrew texts and ‘a hint of Broadway.’” The work was commissioned by an Anglican cleric, Walter Hussey, for a British choral festival in a medieval church. Bernstein himself wrote the following lines about his decisive choral masterpiece based on the text of the Second Psalm: (King James version: “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?”): And then I came up with the Chichester Psalms./ These psalms are a simple and modest affair,/ Tonal and tuneful and somewhat square,/ Certain to sicken a stout John Cager/ With its tonics and triads in E-flat major./ But there it stands, the result of my pondering,/ Two long months of avant-garde wandering -/ My youngest child, old-fashioned and sweet. And he stands on his own two-tonal feet.” Much further analysis and tracking of evolution of the choral work continues in the body of “The Chichester Psalms,” including reprinting much of the correspondence between the composer and the aging Reverend Hussey. It is fascinating to read and to follow the development of Bernstein’s final concept. For example, it is exciting to trace the decision-making process that led to the composer’s ability to quote the choral text of the psalms in Hebrew, for example. There is much to discuss in the field of musical influences prevalent in the time period during which Bernstein composed “Chichester Psalms.” What emerges is a vibrant, mutant masterpiece, with both humble and exotic traces of its initial conception. Definitely “trailing clouds of glory,” Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms” are a modern tonal choral masterpiece with ancient sacred Judeo-Christian roots and a touch of modern American Broadway jazz inspiration. Paul Laird has given the music history of America great food for thought in his innovative and comprehensive study of the composer at work in “The Chichester Psalms of Leonard Bernstein.”
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