The Composer's Advocate Erich Leinsdorf Yale University Press, 1981 "An excellent piece of writing, exhibiting splendid communicative sensitivity and command of language, and fully representative of the remarkable mind of the author. . . . A book any musician, or any serious student or concertgoer, will find stimulating, provocative and instructive." -Robert C. Marsh, Chicago Sun-Times "Wise, detailed and valuable book. . . . Should become a set text for all ...             The New Music: The Avant-garde since 19452 reviews Reginald Smith Brindle Oxford University Press, USA, 1987 A great source for the new music + Fine synopsis of post-war trends in the avant garde As to talk about the new music and go further deeply into it, one has to clearly define the roots, social situation, paradigms, early tendencies of pioneers, theoretical backround of art in general with its relation to the overall world view and so on... Brindle's success on figuring out these ...             Anatomy of the Orchestra5 reviews Norman Del Mar University of California Press, 1983 Everyone Buy it! + possibly orchestration; thing of the scraps of history + Best orchestration book + A Musicians Must + Very goood Book             Composing for the Jazz Orchestra (Culture Trails)5 reviews William Russo University Of Chicago Press, 1973 Wonderful compact summary of jazz chords and appropriate use + Great For Horn Players + Composing Jazz + Not a bad little book...             Advanced Techniques for Film Scoring (Book and CD)3 reviews Earle Hagen Alfred Publishing Company, 1990 An Excellent Follow Up By Mr. Hagen + Old but good This is the follow up, or second volume to "scoring for films" As the first book, this one is full of diagrams, recording techniques and scores. The technical view is like updated now with the advent of computers and the new digital technology, but the score analysis and inter relations with ...             Orchestration14 reviews Walter Piston W. W. Norton & Company, 1955 Second best orchestration book available + Great! + THE best + must-read for musicians & composers + One of the best general resources for orchestration             Machine Musicianship1 review Robert Rowe The MIT Press, 2001 The beginnings of the machine musicians. The author introduces this book as "exploration of the theoretical foundations of analyzing, performing, and composing music with computers". The book is exceptional in quality of writing and is fascinating to read. The fact that machines are actually composing music that is enjoyable to listen to ...             Orchestration18 reviews Cecil Forsyth Dover Publications, 1982 Excellent book, slightly misleading title... + The best book on the subject + Dated, but full of knowledge. This book is superb, very indepth. I bought it, however, thinking it was going to discuss topics such as instrumental combinations, balance of tone, and other concepts more typically associated with 'orchestration'. It turns out, it deals more with the various characteristics and capabilities of ...             Instrumentation and Orchestration12 reviews Alfred Blatter Schirmer, 1997 an invaluable instrumentation text + The best of its kind + Great introduction! + A Great Resource             Principles of Orchestration18 reviews Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Dover Publications, 1964 Excellent resource + Excellent book for who wants to wirte music. Most practical book + This is really extra reading AFTER you have had a course in orchestration Rimsky-Korsakov does an excellent job describing instrumental qualities within a section of an orchestra in "Principles of Orchestration." His book addresses "resonance" better than most other orchestration books. If you're looking for a reference on properties of instruments this book will come ...             The Technique of Orchestration (6th Edition)15 reviews Kent Wheeler Kennan, Donald Grantham, ... Prentice Hall, 2001 No problem + Good book! + A Great Learning Tool + The Technique of Orchestration             The Language of Music (Clarendon Paperbacks)3 reviews Deryck Cooke Oxford University Press, USA, 1990 An Engaging Read ! ! ! + A well written book by a distinguished musicologist What gives music its meaning... is music akin to pure mathematics, to language... how do composers use forms and sounds to convey emotions, pictures and ideas and what are the basic idioms that are used to express those ideas in western music ? When the book was first suggested to me, based on ...             Study of Orchestration, Third Edition30 reviews Samuel Adler W. W. Norton, 2002 Must-have to accompany the textbook. + Great resource for serious students, composers and orchestrators + focus on playing and writing techniques for each instrument + Excellent Resource + Amazing book             A Generative Theory of Tonal Music4 reviews Fred Lerdahl, Ray Jackendoff The MIT Press, 1996 This book is a turning point in XXth century music theory... + Great formal theory of music, well-written This book is a turning point in XXth century music theory.It admits "surface salience" as an important musical attribute (chapter 5), distinguishing it from the "reductional importance" of events. Should we work with a double conception of structure: surface structure (focusing on surface ...             Compendium of Modern Instrumental Techniques1 review Gardner Read Greenwood Press, 1993 Exhaustive Gardner Read has compiled an exhaustive account of modern instrumental techniques, putting aside sujective opinions of their worth or importance and including information about instruments foreign to traditional orchestras, such as the banjo. He sites numerous source examples of each techniques use ...             Materials and Techniques of Twentieth-Century Music (2nd Edition)1 review Stefan Kostka Prentice Hall, 1998 If you're a twenty-first century composer, get this book! Was searching for the longest time for a good, in-depth reference book over twentieth century music, and I've found it in Mr. Kostka's publication. Thank God for Mr. Kostka! Twentieth-century music books tend to be a little heavy on the beginning of the century and leave out all the recent ...             Free Composition: Vol. 3 of New Musical Theories and Fantasies, Text Edition2 reviews Schenker Heinrich Pendragon Pr, 2001 One of the most important books on the theory of tonal music ever written Free Composition was the third in Heinrich Schenker's (1868-1935) series "New Musical Theories and Fantasies". The two preceding it were "Harmony" (1906) and "Counterpoint" (volume I in 1910 and volume II in 1922). While every undergraduate student in music has taken courses on harmony and ...             Composing Music: A New Approach12 reviews William Russo, Jeffrey Ainis, ... University Of Chicago Press, 1988 Clear, logical, complete. + a wonderful tool for composing + An excellent self-teaching method for aspiring composers + Nice book-Gave me Ideas             Jazz Arranging and Orchestration: A Concise Introduction with Interactive CD-ROM Leslie M. Sabina Schirmer, 2001 Working on the premise that readers learn by doing, Sabina takes readers step-by-step through the basics of arranging for the big band. Over 200 music examples support the theory presented in this text, and over 60 of the most valuable examples also appear on a dynamic, interactive CD-ROM that is shrink-wrapped with every new copy of the book. Music examples appear in two formats with synthesizer ...             Treatise on Instrumentation6 reviews Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss Dover Publications, 1991 The Book. By the man who "wrote the book." + Treatise! + A book for all levels of composers + A true classic + Strauss's additions are worth the price alone