Orchestral Music A Handbook

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 professionalsDaniels, David is the author of 'Orchestral Music A Handbook', published 2005 under ISBN 9780810856745 and ISBN 0810856743.