A Composer's Insight: Timothy Broege

A Composer's Insight: Timothy Broege
Author: Timothy Salzman
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780634058271

(Meredith Music Resource). A Composer's Insight, Volume 1 with a foreword by Michael Colgrass is the first in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volume are rare, "behind-the-notes" perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent resource for conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers' training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas. Features the music of: Timothy Broege, Michael Colgrass, Michael Daugherty, David Gillingham, John Harbison, Karel Husa, Alfred Reed and others.

A Chronicle of First Broadcast Performances of Musical Works in the United Kingdom, 1923-1996

A Chronicle of First Broadcast Performances of Musical Works in the United Kingdom, 1923-1996
Author: Alastair Mitchell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 798
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1351791257

First published in 2001, this work provides detailed information taken from the ’Programmes-as-Broadcast’ daily log of output held at the BBC Written Archives Centre in Caversham. Arranged in chronological order, entries are given for broadcasts of first performances of musical works in the United Kingdom, and include details of: the date of the broadcast, the composer, the title of the work, performers and conductor. In addition to its usefulness as a reference tool, the Chronicle enables us to gauge the trends in twentieth-century British musical life, and the role of the BBC in their promotion.

Extended Techniques for the Horn

Extended Techniques for the Horn
Author: Douglas Hill
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1996
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780769223551

With the growing interest in hand horn (natural horn) and jazz horn, Extended Techniques for the Horn by Douglas Hill is an important text in horn repertory. Virtually all the sound possibilities of the horn are included in this one book, with clearly and concisely organized descriptions, notation and comments to both performers and composers of horn music.

Dictionary of American Classical Composers

Dictionary of American Classical Composers
Author: Neil Butterworth
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1359
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1136790233

The Dictionary of American Classical Composers covers over 650 composers active from the 18th century to today. Covering all classical styles, it offers the most comprehensive overview of key composers in the United States available. Entries include basic biographical information and critical analysis of each composer's key works and ideas. Entries also include worklists and bibliographic information. Whenever possible, the entries will have been checked by the composers themselves to assure greatest possible accuracy. This new edition, completely updated and expanded from the 1984 edition, also includes over 200 historic photographs.

Questions of Music

Questions of Music
Author: Norman Edwards
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2006-07-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1847280900

101 classical music CD recital programmes on many disparate themes, most involving relevant anagrams or enigmas of varying complexity to solve with notes and/or anecdotes on each. A brief preface on early career selling Beatles records in to the Liverpool and North Wales dealers during the Beatles boom in the 60's and some valedictory and controversial musical musings at the end.

Program Notes

Program Notes
Author: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1908
Genre: Concert programs
ISBN:

The volume for the 50th season, 1940/41, includes "Repertoire, 1891-1941" [62] p. and "Solists, 1891-1941" [5] p.