A Guide to Orchestral Music

A Guide to Orchestral Music
Author: Ethan Mordden
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 588
Release: 1986
Genre: Music appreciation
ISBN: 0195040414

This authoritative guide gives the non-musician the fundamentals of orchestral music. It begins with a general introduction to the symphony and various musical styles and then describes, chronologically, over seven hundred pieces--from Vivaldi to twentieth-century composers. Mordden also includes a glossary of musical terms and other useful aids for the music lover.

A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works

A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works
Author: Jonathan D. Green
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2003
Genre: Choral conducting
ISBN: 0810847205

Surveys large choral-orchestral works written between 1900 and 1972 that contain some English text. Green examines eighty-nine works by forty-nine composers, from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius to Bernstein's Mass.

Song on Record: Volume 2

Song on Record: Volume 2
Author: Alan Blyth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2006-11-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521027984

Once again Alan Blyth has brought together a distinguished group of contributors to provide a valuable and informed discussion of interpretation. Indispensable for record collectors, it is also fascinating reading for all musicians and music lovers with an interest in song.

Music Reference and Research Materials

Music Reference and Research Materials
Author: Vincent Harris Duckles
Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books ; London ; Toronto : Prentice Hall International
Total Pages: 840
Release: 1997
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This text has been the standard guide to source literature of music and contains critically annotated listings of over 3,500 key sources. This comprehensive guide to reference sources is organized into chapters by category of source. The text's organization introduces students to a vast array of sources to include: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; Histories and Chronologies; Sources of Systematic and Historical Musicology; Bibliographies of Music, Music Literature, and Music Business; Reference Works on Individual Composers and Their Music; Catalogs of Libraries and Musical Instrument Collections; Discographies; Yearbooks; Directories; Electronic Resources.