Published writing by Alistair Warwick
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Articles
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The Psalms
Faith Alive – The Universe (1986)
An article on historic and liturgical use of the psalms in the liturgy. -
Herald Triumph! –
The Wire (1995)
– online at www.heraldav.co.uk (2000)
– reprinted in Newsletter of The Association of Latin Liturgy (September 2003)
An account of the recording of Dupré's Les Vêpres de la Vierge Op. 18. -
Choir-training notes
Bulletin of Panel of Monastic Musicians (1999)
– reprinted in Music & Liturgy (2000)
Following a workshop at the Panel of Monastic Musicians 1998 residential course, this article explores rehearsal and warm-up techniques, particularly directed at monks and nuns who sing the Mass and the Office daily. -
Just Treble-makers?
Church Music Quarterly (July 1999)
An introduction to the Voice for Life choir-training programme. -
Gregorian Chant sung in Latin
Church Music Quarterly (September 2003)
– reprinted in The Church Times (June 2004)
The title of this article immediately poses the question: why sing in Latin, when our services are in our own language? For that matter, we might well ask if our services are in English/Welsh/whatever, since we actually use a ritual language rather than that spoken in everyday use. More … - Musick fyne: Scottish Church Music up to 1603
Church Music Quarterly (June 2005)
We are very familiar with the names of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, perhaps also with those of Robert Parsons, Christopher Tye and John Shepherd. But what about those from England's neighbours? While the names of many English composers trip off the tongue, until recently it has been harder to name many composers writing music for the Scottish Church. More …
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Mind the Gap
Choir & Organ (January/February 2007)
Interviewed by Maggie Hamilton, deputy editor of Choir and Organ, about gap-year study for organists and choral scholars. The Sacred Music Studies course from the University of Wales, Bangor and the Royal School of Church Music fills the gap nicely."…There have been some exciting and unexpected results already, with students looking at what they're doing in a new light and developing their practice. I certainly wish that when I was a cathedral director of music that this course had been available; if it had, I'd have approached it more confidently – and achieved much more."
Contributions to other works
- New editions of Marbeck 'Nicene Creed' and 'Sanctus' in Music for Common Worship I (RSCM Press, 1999). These editions for the new Common Worship texts reflect Marbeck's original notation, breathing new life into this music.
- New editions of Pergolesi 'Stabat mater' (two movements) and Dering: 'Gaudent in caelis' in Songs for Life 2:(RSCM Press, 2002)
- Voice for Life: Choir Trainer's Book and four Singer's Workbooks (RSCM Press, 2004)
MMus Dissertation
- Another look at the 'Dunkeld Music Book' (University of Surrey, 1998)
References in other works
- Isobel Woods Preece: Our awin Scottis use (Glasgow and Aberdeen, 2000)
Reviews
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Church Family Worship – a useful resource for churches looking for new texts for worship
The Universe (1986) -
"Music DTP" music typesetting software for the Atari ST computer
ST World (1989) -
Bennet Zon: English Plainchant Revival
Church Music Quarterly (April 2000) -
Isobel Woods-Preece: Our awin Scottis use: Music in the Scottish Church up to 1603
Church Music Quarterly (April 2001) -
Ronald Corp: The Choral Singer's Companion
Church Music Quarterly (July 2001) -
Donald Boccardi: History of American Catholic Hymnals since Vatican II
Church Music Quarterly (December 2001)
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