DOXAdoxaDOXA
(from the Greek meaning “praise and glory”)
"An Essential
Resource for the Creative Choir Director"
A
database
containing 8401 titles.
Available on CD-ROM.
A
work in progress!
History of the DOXAdoxaDOXA Database
DOXAdoxaDOXA grew out of formerly
published, Vistra Church Music
Newsletter published a decade ago and
workshops for pastors and choral
directors.
DOXAdoxaDOXA is a work in progress. To
date 8,401 titles are in the database.
More than 2,000 waiting to be entered.
Annual updated versions will be
available to clients who purchased the
first edition.
About the
Editor...
Rev. David
William
Krause, Ph.D
DOXAdoxaDOXA is taken
from the choral library
of Rev. David William
Krause, Ph.D. in Choral
Literature, University
of Iowa. Graduate
Assistant under Dr.
Daniel Moe M.M. in
Church Music, USC, Los
Angeles, Dr. Charles
Hirt, mentor.
Over 50 years of choral
experience (Elementary,
Junior High School, High
School, College, Church
and Community Choirs.)
There is a need for this product for the
church choral directors of any church,
elementary school, middle school, high
school college, university, or community
choir.
The Rationale for DOXAdoxaDOXA...
As a practicing choral director I found
it frustrating and time-consuming in
choosing choral music for worship and
concert. Often I was limited to the
music which was suggested by various
publishers who demonstrated their music
at choral reading sessions. I began to
list choral selections for the different
parts of the liturgical worshipping
churches and published that information
in Vistra Church Music Newsletter.
However, this left out the
non-liturgical churches. DOXAdoxaDOXA
seeks to remedy that problem. DOXA is
the product which will be a great
reference tool for the practicing choral
director in all situations. Additional
annual editions will only increase
DOXAdoxaDOXA’s value to the user.
The Library
Each record number has the equivalent
hard copy in my choral library, thanks
to the generosity of over 200
publishers. Literally thousands more
octavos await imputing in the database.
The library is an ongoing project that
will be updated annually. Many of the
items in the library may be permanently
out of print. A process could be
established to satisfy legal ownership
requirements for those who choose such
titles.
