Professional Orchestration

Professional Orchestration

Author: Peter L. Alexander

Publisher: Alexander University, Incorporated

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 693

ISBN-13: 9780939067930

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Alexander details dozens of woodwind and brass writing techniques previously known by only a few top professional film orchestrators, composers, and arrangers which are applicable to both live performance and MIDI mock-ups.


Professional Orchestration: A Practical Handbook - From Piano to Strings

Professional Orchestration: A Practical Handbook - From Piano to Strings

Author: Joseph Wagner

Publisher: Alexander University, Incorporated

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780939067961

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In "Professional Orchestration: A Practical Handbook - From Piano to Strings", conductor/composer Joseph Wagner, Founder of the Boston Civic Symphony and former Composer-in-Residence at Pepperdine University, teaches you applied orchestration by demonstrating 30 different techniques within "The Reference Chart of Keyboard Idioms" for transcribing piano parts and piano devices to the string section. Techniques covered include Broken Intervals, Broken Chords, Melodic Lines and Figurations, Implied Bass Parts, Single Note Interval and Chord Repetitions, 2-3 Part Homophonic Music, Spacing Problems, Contrast Problems, Voice Leading, Obbligato, Antiphonal Effects, Tremolo Types, and Dance Forms. Designed for either personal or classroom use. Included in "From Piano to Strings" is the complete piano solo and separate string ensemble adaption of Grieg's "Holberg Suite" demonstrating how these techniques are applied and work in real practice. The Appendix contains a bonus String Ensemble template for you to copy and do your studies with and the "Chart of String Unisons" to help you work out common string combinations. Available for separate purchase is the "Workbook" with audio files that gives you dozens of homework examples to orchestrate. The "Workbook" is used with all three handbooks in the series - starting with "From Piano to Strings", then "From Piano to Woodwinds", and finally "From Piano to Orchestra". "From Piano to Strings" builds both orchestration and composition skills for live performance, but also develops MIDI mockup and recording skills. Companion titles for this series available for separate purchase are Alexander Publishing's "Professional Orchestration Volume 1: Solo Instruments and Instrumentation Notes" and "Volume 2A: Orchestrating the Melody Within the String Section".


The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett

The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett

Author: Kenneth Gloag

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-01-17

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1107021979

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This Companion provides a wide ranging and accessible study of one of the most individual composers of the twentieth century. A team of international scholars shed new light on Tippett's major works and draw attention to those that have not yet received the attention they deserve.


Stravinsky's Late Music

Stravinsky's Late Music

Author: Joseph N. Straus

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-03-25

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780521602884

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The first book to be devoted to the music of Stravinsky's last compositional period.


Sounds and Scores

Sounds and Scores

Author: Henry Mancini

Publisher: Warner Bros. Publications

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 9780898986679

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A practical guide to professional orchestration featuring recorded musical examples performed by Henry Mancini. Included in the book are sections on the woodwinds, brass, the rhythm section and the string section. A recording is included to follow along with the printed scores.


Brahms in the Home and the Concert Hall

Brahms in the Home and the Concert Hall

Author: Katy Hamilton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-09-11

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1316061329

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Johannes Brahms was a consummate professional musician, and a successful pianist, conductor, music director, editor and composer. Yet he also faithfully championed the world of private music-making, creating many works and arrangements for enjoyment in the home by amateurs. This collection explores Brahms' public and private musical identities from various angles: the original works he wrote with amateurs in mind; his approach to creating piano arrangements of not only his own, but also other composers' works; his relationships with his arrangers; the deeper symbolism and lasting legacy of private music-making in his day; and a hitherto unpublished memoir which evokes his Viennese social world. Using Brahms as their focus point, the contributors trace the overlapping worlds of public and private music-making in the nineteenth century, discussing the boundaries between the composer's professional identity and his lifelong engagement with amateur music-making.


Encyclopedia of Percussion

Encyclopedia of Percussion

Author: John H. Beck

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 1317747682

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The Encyclopedia of Percussion is an extensive guide to percussion instruments, organized for research as well as general knowledge. Focusing on idiophones and membranophones, it covers in detail both Western and non-Western percussive instruments. These include not only instruments whose usual sound is produced percussively (like snare drums and triangles), but those whose usual sound is produced concussively (like castanets and claves) or by friction (like the cuíca and the lion’s roar). The expertise of contributors have been used to produce a wide-ranging list of percussion topics. The volume includes: (1) an alphabetical listing of percussion instruments and terms from around the world; (2) an extensive section of illustrations of percussion instruments; (3) thirty-five articles covering topics from Basel drumming to the xylophone; (4) a list of percussion symbols; (5) a table of percussion instruments and terms in English, French, German, and Italian; and (6) an updated section of published writings on methods for percussion.


Engaging Haydn

Engaging Haydn

Author: Mary Kathleen Hunter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-07-12

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1107015146

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Haydn is enjoying renewed appreciation: this book explores fresh approaches to his music and the cultural forces affecting it.


The Practice of Everyday Life

The Practice of Everyday Life

Author: Michel de Certeau

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0520271459

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Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. In exploring the public meaning of ingeniously defended private meanings, de Certeau draws on an immense theoretical literature in analytic philosophy, linguistics, sociology, semiology, and anthropology--to speak of an apposite use of imaginative literature.