Orchestral Music: A Handbook.(Book review)

From: Notes | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Orchestral Music: A Handbook. 4th ed. By David Daniels. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005. [xiii, 617 p. ISBN 0-8108-5674-3. $65.] Indexes, appendices.

There is a readily definable cadre of professionals who deal extensively with orchestral music. These include conductors, librarians, orchestra managers, program annotators, personnel administrators, and contractors. All of these groups have two basic questions about an unfamiliar work: What is its duration and what is its scoring? Daniels's work provides some answers to the former question and, in virtually every instance, a ...

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