Orchestral Music
A Handbook
4th Edition
David Daniels

List Price: $70.00 ISBN: 0-8108-5674-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5674-5 Pub Date: Oct 2005 640 pages Binding: Cloth Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

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SUBJECTS
Music » Reference
Reference » Music
Music » Instrumental
Music » Classical
Music » Music (General)

REVIEWS
"For those looking to expand a group's repertoire in need of a piece to fit a precise slot on a program, Daniels' handbook can be a godsend. Following the main body of the volume is a series of indices that enable a user to locate works by such criteria as choral forces, solo voices, solo instruments, specific instrumentations, duration, a composer's nationality, suitability for children's concerts, and even composer anniversaries through 2016....Daniels has wisely anticipated the needs of his readers. The index by duration is subdivided by composer nationality and birth date, making it possible, for example, to find a ten-minute work by an eighteenth century French composer very quickly. With its ties to OPAS and OLIS, major professional orchestras will probably opt to use Daniels' work through its electronic options. For more modest ensembles and student groups who want to avoid annual subscription fees, this volume should be an indispensable item, and novice orchestral librarians will especially benefit from Daniel's frequent personal comments on everything from a piece's origins to the reliability of particular editions and even to issues of performance practice. Such idiosyncrasies bring the experience of several veteran orchestral librarians to the next generation and make Daniels' handbook much more than just a useful reference work. " —2008, Vol. 54/4, Fontes Artis Musicae

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Also Available: Orchestral Music Online

This fourth edition of the highly acclaimed, classic sourcebook for planning orchestral programs and organizing rehearsals has been expanded and revised to feature 42% more compositions over the third edition, with clearer entries and a more useful system of appendixes. Compositions cover the standard repertoire for American orchestra. Features from the previous edition that have changed and new additions include:

· Larger physical format (8.5 x 11 vs. 5.5 x 8.5)

· Expanded to 6400 entries and almost 900 composers (only 4200 in 3rd Ed.)

· Merged with the American Symphony Orchestra League's OLIS (Orchestra Library Information Service)

· Enhanced specific information on woodwind & brass doublings

· Lists of required percussion equipment for many works

· New, more intuitive format for instrumentation

· More contents notes and durations of individual movements

· Composers' citizenship, birth and death dates and places, integrated into the listings

· Listings of useful websites for orchestra professionals

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Daniels, formerly Professor of Music at Oakland University, is Music Director of the Warren Symphony.

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