(From the Choral Journal article, "Verdi's Opera Choruses: Songs That Rallied a Nation," by Lila Rhodes) Historically, Italian city states have rarely been able to band together, even against foreign enemies. At various times, portions of Italy were held by France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire. When Milan first staged a Verdi […]
CJ Replay: Armenian Folk Music
(From the Choral Journal article, "Gomidas Vartabed: Pioneer of Armenian Folk Music," by Violet Vagramian-Nishanian) Gomidas Vartabed, Armenian musician, composer-arranger, folk song collector (over 3,000 folk songs, primarily Armenian), musicologist singer, and teacher, lived during the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. He was a pioneer, whose selfless […]