The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is the perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options, clearly explained throughout, enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With a fabulous range of accessible, quality material, this is a must for all choirs at Christmas.

Presents a comprehensive history of tenor singing. This book considers various ways in which each tenor is historically significant. It includes figures like Ludwig Schnoor von Carolsfeld, Enrico Caruso, Richard Tauber, Mario Lanza, Roberto Alagna, Ian Bostridge, Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo, and, Pavarotti, Domingo, and Carreras.

A collection of over 50 examples of sacred choral music from continental Europe, ranging from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries.

Represents an attempt to provide objective criteria and analytical frameworks by which the quality and function of contemporary congregational music can be assessed. This book also considers how well modern music is serving the modern church, and also how effectively it is operating as a musical form in the secular culture that surrounds it.

An examination of the music and performances of Bob Dylan, from 1974 to 1986. This analysis provides an in-depth look at Dylan as a performer, exploring his work on stage and in the studio, and looks at the evolution of his style and concerns.

The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is the perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options, clearly explained throughout, enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With a fabulous range of accessible, quality material, this is a must for all choirs at Christmas.

An examination of the music and performances of Bob Dylan, from 1960 to 1973. This analysis provides an in-depth look at Dylan as a performer, exploring his work on stage and in the studio, much of which has been ground-breaking and controversial.

Providing detailed analysis of Bach's Passions, Butt demonstrates how they reflect and constitute priorities and conditions of the western world.

Bach's passions are an essential part of the modern repertory. This work provides an insight into Bach's passion settings. It uses the Bach repertory to introduce readers to some intriguing issues in the study and performance of older music, and explores what it means to listen to this music in modern times.

This is the first full-length study of the vernacular motet in thirteenth-century France.