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Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works
Jonathan D. Green
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Description for Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works
Hardback. This text serves as a field guide to the principal choral-orchestral repertoire of the nineteenth century. It provides conductors with the information they will need to make programming decisions, and it provides scholars with a starting point for research on these works. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
A Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works, the fifth in the ongoing series of books, addresses works of the Romantic era, from composers such as Beach, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorák, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Scriabin, and Verdi. Jonathan D. Green has amassed a varied collection of significant choral-orchestral works, arranged by composer. Each section begins with a brief biographical sketch, including a selected bibliography, then lists the composer's works. Green presents important details of each work, including the approximate duration, text sources, the voices and instruments required for the performance, editions currently available, and locations of manuscript materials. Green also provides notes and comments on performance issues, and he evaluates the solo roles and the level of difficulty of each piece. The sections conclude with a selective discography and bibliography. The information is vital for aiding conductors in choosing repertoire appropriate to their needs and the abilities of their ensembles and can help scholars with further research.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810860469
SKU
V9780810860469
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Ref
99-15
About Jonathan D. Green
Jonathan D. Green is a composer, a conductor, and Dean of the College at Sweet Briar College. He is the author of A Conductor's Guide to the Choral-Orchestral Works of J.S. Bach (Scarecrow Press, 2000); A Conductor's Guide to Choral Orchestral Works, Twentieth-Century, volume 1 (Scarecrow Press, 1994) and volume 2 (Scarecrow Press, 1998), and A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works, Classical Period (Scarecrow Press, 2001).
Reviews for Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works
Green presents useful data on 28 nineteenth-century composers.... This reference source will assist conductors of professional, university, or community choruses.... It can also serve as a basic guide for those researching specific compositions.
American Reference Books Annual
This new imprint represents another exceptional reference contribution by Jonathan D. Green.... An impressive array of information helpful to conductors in researching and programming concerts.... Green provides such a breadth and thoroughness of information and performance knowledge in this book that it deserves a strong recommendation.
James Deffenbaugh
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, March 2009
Green's book is accurate and well organized . . . Green offers the young conductor, amateur, and part-time director the information needed to make informed programming decisions on less-frequently performed works based on the abilities of their ensembles. Additionally, he provides a few cautionary tidbits about difficulties in rehearsal or performance that might head off a few musical catastrophes. For the scholar, Green provides a starting point for the repertoire and its literature. For the librarian, this monograph is a handy reference and an invaluable collection development tool. Ultimately, the greatest value in Green's monographs is the collocation of an entire repertoire within a single unified set.
Fontes Artis Musicae, Spring 2009
American Reference Books Annual
This new imprint represents another exceptional reference contribution by Jonathan D. Green.... An impressive array of information helpful to conductors in researching and programming concerts.... Green provides such a breadth and thoroughness of information and performance knowledge in this book that it deserves a strong recommendation.
James Deffenbaugh
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, March 2009
Green's book is accurate and well organized . . . Green offers the young conductor, amateur, and part-time director the information needed to make informed programming decisions on less-frequently performed works based on the abilities of their ensembles. Additionally, he provides a few cautionary tidbits about difficulties in rehearsal or performance that might head off a few musical catastrophes. For the scholar, Green provides a starting point for the repertoire and its literature. For the librarian, this monograph is a handy reference and an invaluable collection development tool. Ultimately, the greatest value in Green's monographs is the collocation of an entire repertoire within a single unified set.
Fontes Artis Musicae, Spring 2009