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Sep 11, 2006, 3:41 PM
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Re: [nick austin] Instrumentation etc
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Further to my first reply - there is a 4th edition!
published 2005, details below
Orchestral Music: A Handbook
4th Edition
David Daniels (click to enlarge)
 The Scarecrow Press, Inc.  $65.00 Cloth 0-8108-5674-3 Oct 2005 640pp
This 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 appendices. 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
About the Author
David Daniels, formerly Professor of Music at Oakland University, is Music Director of the Warren Symphony
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