CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I ORGANIZING AND SUSTAINING THE CHORUS -- PART II THOUGHTS ON MUSIC, SINGING, REHEARSAL, AND PERFORMANCE -- APPROACH, ANALYSIS, PREPARATION -- WARM-UP, RHYTHM AND TEMPO, PHRASING -- QUIET SINGING AND COUNT-SINGING -- ENUNCIATION, LANGUAGE -- PART III CONDUCTING THE MASTERPIECES -- PART IV PREACHING THE GOSPEL ( OF THE ARTS) -- PART V CELEBRATING THE RITUALS OF LIFE -- AWARDS AND CITATIONS -- EULOGIES -- LETTERS -- VERSE -- INDEX.