Familiar to conductors, orchestra managers, and music librarians, this classic sourcebook of information necessary to plan orchestral programs and organize rehearsals has been greatly expanded and revised. The fourth edition features nearly 6400 compositions that cover the standard repertoire for American orchestras (a 42% increase over the third edition), clearer entries, and a more useful system of appendixes. Included for the first time are entries from the American Symphony Orchestra League's OLIS repertoire database.
Also Available: Orchestral Music OnlineThis 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 professionals