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Official Publication of the American Choral Directors Association Volume Thirty-nine Number Three OCTOBER 1998 CHORALJO Wesley Coffman Ann Easterling EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR COLUMNS ARTICLES From the Executive Director ......... 2 Leonardo Leo and His From the President ....................... 3 Dixit Dominus ...................... 9 From the Editor ............................ 4 by Sharon Rae Van Nest Letters to the Editor ...................... 4 Hallelujah! .................................. 53 Timothy W. Sharp, editor Norman Dello Joio's Secular Choral Music: Compact Disc Reviews ............... 57 Richard J. Bloesch, editor Conversations with the Book Reviews ............................. 61 Composer........................... 15 Stephen Town, editor by Lee Egbert Choral Reviews ........................... 67 Corydon J. Carlson, editor The Choral Music of In Memoriam ............................. 32 Hugo Wolf ......................... 25 Repertoire and Standards by Peter Pocock Committee Reports .................... 43 Advertisers Index ........................ 80 REHEARSAL BREAI(S The Good-Hearted Cantor ............................................ 35 Cover an depicts uThe Choristers'" by Alessandro Magnasco (J 740-45), donated co the National Gallery of by Margaret Boudreaux Art by Emily Floyd Gardiner. Phocograph © Board of Trustees, National Gallery ofAn, \'(Iashingcon, D.C. Two of the: figures are kapellmeisters. Cover design by Susan Gower. SPECIAL PULL-OUT CONVENTION SECTION! Registration form, map of downtown Chicago, information on hotels, airlines, car rental ....................... 39 OCTOBER 1998 PAGE 1 r lL,ROM THE AFFILIATED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ORGANIZATIONS INDIANA ACDA International Archives Receives Special Donations CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION URING THE WEEK of August lOth, I attendedthe Fourth Pennsylvania President - Daniel H. Graves ACDA Summer Conference for Choral Musicians, held at Pennsylvania 209 South Sixteenth Street D State University. It was an outstanding conference, and I was happy to be a Richmond, Indiana 37374 part of that program. I was especially thrilled and honored to accept three very special Treasurer - PaulaJ. Alles 1471 Altmeyer Road donations to the ACDA International Archives. These were presented by Janet Jasper. Indiana 47546 Yamron on behalf of Elaine Brown, Peter Kiefer on behalf of Fred Waring, and IOWA Marvin Huls on behalf of Robert Page. We are very happy to have these wonderful CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION gifts for the archives. They will be of great value to our members now and in the President - Bruce Chamberlain 1211 Oak Park Boulevard future. Cedar Falls. Iowa 50613 I will be describing these gifts, beginning with the Elaine Brown donation in this Secretary/Treasurer - Bruce A. Norris issue. Fred Waring and Robert Page contributions will appear in future issues of the 404 Maple Street Choral Journal Elaine Brown was a great teacher, conductor, mentor, humanitarian, Mondamin. Iowa 51557 and friend. Elaine had a vision early in her career-to bring people of diverse AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA backgrounds together through choral music sung with a high standard of excellence. President - David Dickau This vision was realized when she founded the Singing City Choir in Philadelphia. 104 Manchester Court The materials donated to the ACDA archives by Janet Yamron include the follow Mankato. Minnesota 56001 mg: Treasurer - Susan Zemlin 1029 Paul Parkway. NE. #304 • "Elaine Brown and Singing City: The Choral Art as a Communicative Social Blaine. Minnesota 55434 Force" is a dissertation by James D. Ewing, University of Miami, 1976. This is an MONTANA outstanding history of Elaine Brown and Singing City, showing how Singing City was CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION formed. Elaine was untiring in her efforts to bring music to every segment of the President - Marco Ferro Box 454 community and to make Philadelphia truly a Singing City. Malta. Montana 59538 Letters, selected writings, awards, honors, and citations are listed here. "Chrono Treasurer - Larry Swingen logical highlights of Elaine Brown and Singing City," a "Selected Performance 216 Eighth Avenue SW Sidney, Montana 59270 (Continued on p. 6.) NEBRASKA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION 1999 ACDA National Convention Receptions President - James F. Hejduk Westbrook Music Building DECEPTIONS AT ACDA National Conventions afford friends and colleagues wonder University of Nebraska .I'\..fuI opportunities to renew acquaintances and share ideas about choral music. Receptions Lincoln. Nebraska 68588 at the 1999 national convention in Chicago will take place at the convention hotels. If you are Treasurer - Mark Burler 1014 Arthur Street of the convention hotels and contact information may interested in hosting a reception, a list Holdrege. Nebraska 68949 be obtained by contacting Bill Mayelin, 1999 ACDA National Convention Program Chair, OHIO .520 NW 3rd, Pendleton, Oregon 97801; telephone 541/276-4540; fax 541/278-1638. CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Information about receptions must be received by the National Program Chair by November President - Craig Johnson Music Department. Otterbein College 1, 1998, to be listed in the program booklet. Westerville. Ohio 43081 Treasurer - Bob Hartigan STATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP 8770 Landen Drive The American Choral Directors Association is a nonprofit professional organization of choral directors Maineville. Ohio 75038 from schools, colleges, and universities; community, Church, and professional choral ensembles; and industry and institutional organizations. Choral Journal circulation: 18,000. Annual dues (includes TEXAS subscription to the Choral Journal): Active $55, Industry $100, Institutional $75, Retired $25, and CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Student $20. One-year membership begins on date of dues acceptance. Ubrary annual subscription President - Marsha Carlisle rates: U.S. $25; Canada $35; Foreign Surface $65; Foreign Air $75. Single Copy $3; Back Issues $4. 10318 Royal Coach ACDA is a founding member of the Intemational Federation for Choral Music. San Antonio. Texas 78239 ACDA supports and endorses the goals and purposes of CHORUS AMERICA in promoting the excellence of choral music throughout the world. Treasurer - Kelly Moore ACDA reserves the right to approve any applications for appearance and to edit all materials proposed for distribution. 4021 Tirnberidge Drive Permission is granted to all ACDA members to reproduce articles from the Choral Journal for noncommercial, educational Irving. Texas 75038 purposes only. Nonmembers wishing to reproduce articles may request permission by writing to ACDA. WISCONSIN The Choral Journal is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION Recognizing its position of leadership, ACDA complies with the copyright laws of the United States. Compliance with President - Richard L Bjella these laws is a condition of participation by clinicians and performing groups at ACDA meetings and conventions. 3011 West Heritage Avenue Appleton. Wisconsin 54914 © 1998 by the American Choral Directors Association, 502 SW Thirty-eighth Street, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505. Telephone: 580/355-8161. All rights reserved. The Choral Journal (US ISSN 0009-5028) is issued monthly except for June and July. Secretary/Treasurer - Ronald C. Buckles Printed in the United States of America. 18723 67th Avenue ~ Periodicals postage paid at Lawton, Oklahoma, and additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 54729 EdPless changes to Choral Journal, P.O. Box 6310, Lawton, Oklahoma 73506-0310. Volume Thirty-nine Number Three PAGE 2 CHORAL JOURNAL ........................................h NATIONAL OFFICERS FROM PRESIDENT THE PRESIDENT James A. Moore School of Music. East Texas Baptist Universicy Morshall, T <=5 75670 9031935-7963 (voice); 9031938-0390 (f.t.,) ACDAs Historical Legacy jmoorc:@c:rbu.edu VEN THOUGH we are a young organization, the historical legacy of our VICE-PRESIDENT Lynn 'Whitten association is significant. Our contribution to the development of choral music College of Music, Universicy ofColor.J.do Boulder, Colorado 80309 in America is extensive, and the influence of ACDA upon the position pf arts 3031494-6648 (voice); 3031492-5619 (f.t.,) E [email protected] in American society is pronounced. Another twenty-five years will provide additional PRESIDENT-ELECT evidence of the effect of to day's activities. Where will it be noted? How will future Milburn Price School of Music, Samford University generations know of ACDA's history? Birmingham, Alabama 35229 2051870-2778 (voice); 2051870-2165 (fax) An increasing number of our members are [email protected] becoming aware of the ACDAArchives, housed TREASURER Maxine Asselin in the national headquarters office in Lawton. Music Department, Bridgewater State College Bridgewater, Massachusens 02325 Donations have previously been made from the 5081697-1377 (voice); 5081697-1729 (f.t.,) ffi:[email protected] collections of Wesley Coffman, Walter Collins, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Walter Ehret, 1. Stanley Glarum, Charles Hirt, Gene Brooks P.O. Box 6310, Lawton, Oklahoma 73506 Morris Hayes, Elwood Kelster, Russell Mathis, 5801355-8161 (voice); 5801248-1465 (fax) [email protected] Robert Snyder, Eva Stuckmeyer Youngberg, and CENTRAL DIVISION PRESIDENT more recently, Harold Decker. Others have con Thomas J. Stauch Harper College tributed materials, including music scores, origi 12.00 \Vest Algonquin Road Palatine,