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Corelli: Concerto grosso, Op.6, No. 8 in g minor, "Christmas Concerto" | Handel: Arias from Messiah | Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite | Puccini: Messa di Gloria | Bennett: Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 in g minor, "Christmas Concerto"
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Hutchings, Arthur. The Baroque Concerto. New York: Scribner's, 1979.
Jander, Owen. "Concerto Grosso Instrumentation in Rome in the 1660's and 1670's." Journal of the
American Musicological Society. 21 (1968): 168-80.
Libby, Dennis. "Interrelationship in Corelli." Journal of the American Musicological Society.
26 (1973): 263-87.
Pincherle, Marc. Corelli: His Life and Work. New York: Norton, 1956.
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George Frideric Handel (1686-1759)
Arias from Messiah: Rejoice, The Trumpet Shall Sound
Burrows, Donald. Handel: Messiah. Cambridge: Cambridge, 1991.
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30 November 2004 <http://www.grovemusic.com>.
Jacobi, Peter. The Messiah Book: The Life & Times of G.F. Handel’s Greatest Hit. New York:
St. Martin’s , 1982.
Smith, Ruth. “Jennens, Charles.” Grove Music Online. Ed. L. Macey.
8 December 2004 <http://www.grovemusic.com>.
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Nutcracker Suite
Grigorovich Yuri and Alexander Demidov. The Official Bolshoi Book of the Nutcracker. Trans.
Yuri S. Shirokov. Neptune, N.J.: T.F.H. Publications, 1986.
Kohlhase, Thomas. Liner Notes. Trans, John Cooms. Romeo et Juliette. By Pyotr Il’yich
Tchaikovsky. Orch. BerlinerPhilharmoniker. Cond. Herbert Von Karajan. Hamburg: Deutsche
Grammophon, 1983.
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30 November 2004 <http://www.grovemusic.com>.
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Messa di Gloria
Anonymous. Preface to score by Giacomo Puccini, Messa di Gloria. Milan: Ricordi, 1951.
Carner, Mosco. Puccini: a Critical Biography. London: Duckworth, 1958.
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Fayard. "Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria." Guide de la Musique Sacrée. 2001. 16 November 2001
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Specht, Richard. Giacomo Puccini: The Man, His Life, His Work. Trans. C. A. Phillips.
Westport: Greenwood, 1970.
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1
Dobbins, Frank. “Noel.” Grove Music Online. Ed. L. Macey. 6 December 2004
Glover, Raymond F., ed. The 1982 Hymnal Companion. Vol. 3; Hymns 1-384. New York:
Church Hymnal Corporation, 1990.
Keyte, Hugh and Andrew Parrrot, eds; Clifford Bartlett, assoc. ed. The New Oxford Book of Carols.
Oxford: Oxford UP, 1992.
Petrak, Albert. Liner Notes. The Many Moods of Christmas. Arrangements by Robert Russell Bennett.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Cond. Robert Shaw. Cleveland: Telarc, 1983.
Stevens, John and Dennis Libby. “Carol.” Grove Music Online. Ed. L. Macey. 6 December 2004
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