The editor has ranged through many continents and centuries in his search for good examples of many kinds of rounds and canons catches and quodlibets. Within this book will be found African American Australian and European songs from the 16th century to the 20th as well as works by Beethoven Arnold Mozart Billings Cherubini and Haydn among others.This fascinating book is a superb resource for the camp leader amateur Choral conductor or classroom music teacher. Wilson offers an excellent introduction to the topic of rounds and canons as well as performance notes for many of the works.
