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G02: Anatomy of the Orchestra by Norman Del Mar. University of California Press, PB, 528 pages. A comprehensive guide to the orchestra for conductors, musicians, students and everyone interested in the performance of orchestral music. The book is divided in to sections by type of instruments: The Strings, The Woodwind, Horns, The Heavy Brass, Timpani and Percussion, and Keyboard and Other Instruments. Each section goes into considerable detail about each instrument including characteristics, range, etc. The book concludes with an extensive index. |
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C077: Clarinet On Campus by Michael Dean. LBM Resources, 1997, SB, 161 pages. This book is based on the author's Ph.D. dissertation at Texas Tech University on the subject of clarinet teaching at colleges and universities in the United States. it reports results in the areas of the Institution (degrees, recruitment, ensembles), Students (numbers, lessons, juries, recitals), and the Clarinet Teacher (teaching loads, other instruments taught, and demographic data). The text includes many graphs and charts. |
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G23: Encyclopedia of Scales, Modes and Melodic Patterns for All Instruments by Arnie Berle. Mel Bay, 1997, SS, 96 pages. This book provides a comprehensive source for many types of scales. It also provides recommendations on how to practice scales and a practice routine. Click on the book cover to view the table of contents. |
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G09: The Harper Collins Dictionary of Music by Christine Ammer. HaperCollins, PB, 3rd edition, 512 pages. This completely revised and updated edition of the popular HarperCollins Dictionary of Music is a valuable reference tool for students, professionals, and music lovers alike. More then just a book of simple definitions, it provides in-depth explanations and examples of over 3,500 musical terms and includes over 250 illustrations to help clarify the entries. Example from book |
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music by Michael Kennedy and Joyce Bourne. Oxford University Press, HB, 985 pages. A new edition of the most comprehensive one volume music dictionary available, compiled by one of the world's foremost music authorities. With over 12,000 entries, the dictionary's coverage is exceptional. It is distinguished from the other dictionaries on this page by the inclusion of information on musicians, composers, and musical works. Written to appeal to general readers as well as musicians and musicologists, it is an indispensable addition to any reference shelf. Special Order |
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G08: Schirmer Pronouncing Pocket Manual of Musical Terms edited by Theodore Baker, Nicolas Slonimsky, and Laura Kuhn. Schirmer, PB, 362 pages. This is a small (3 inches by 4 inches), extremely useful, and inexpensive reference. Includes elements of notation, notes and rests, the staff, clefs, scales, chromatic signs, intervals, keys, chords, time signatures, rules for pronouncing German, French, and Italian, a comparative table of tempo marks, musical terms (263 pages), and noteworthy musicians (76 pages). |
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C067: Yesterday's Clarinettists: a sequel by Pamela Weston. Emerson Edition, 2002. PB, 314 pages. This book is a sequel to More Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past and follows the same format of entries of a single paragraph to several pages. There are about a thousand, of which about 600 are new, and the rest contain additional or corrected information. Many clarinetists of recent memory are included such as Daniel Bonade, Yona Ettlinger, Rudolf Jettel, Reginald Kell, Gustave Langenus, Robert Marcellus, Robert McGinnis, and Aage Oxenvad. Also included are a list of orchestras and their clarinetists (not especially up to date) and compositions with their first performance. |
38.95 |