THE COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS OF ALICE PARKER AND ...
THE COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS OF ALICE PARKER AND ... THE COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS OF ALICE PARKER AND ...
to select folk-based music of high quality, to be faithful to the spirit of the melody and text, and to entertain the listener. The document concludes that Parker and Shaw’s greatest contribution to the choral repertoire was in their arrangements of early American folk hymns. Though these folk hymns were originally not intended for choirs, the Parker-Shaw arrangements preserve the spirit of the original hymn while making full use of the resources of a four-part chorus, providing the choral world with a significant genre of excellent repertoire. iii
DEDICATION This Document is dedicated to Dr. Alice Parker, who has given hours of her time and thought, as well as her encouragement, to this project. A brilliant thinker, a passionate advocate for music, a great human being and friend to all, she is a treasure to the choral community, and it has been a privilege to communicate closely with her for these three years. iv
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- Page 17 and 18: Biography of Robert Shaw CHAPTER 3
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- Page 25 and 26: Shaw’s perspective on the legacy
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- Page 33 and 34: also from the fact that with men’
- Page 37 and 38: Death Shall Not Destroy 1960, Tune
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- Page 42 and 43: Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier Chora
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DEDICATION<br />
This Document is dedicated to Dr. Alice Parker, who has given hours of her time and<br />
thought, as well as her encouragement, to this project. A brilliant thinker, a passionate advocate<br />
for music, a great human being and friend to all, she is a treasure to the choral community, and it<br />
has been a privilege to communicate closely with her for these three years.<br />
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