The sound of Broadway music: a book of orchestrators and orchestrations
Suskin, Steven
The Sound of Broadway Music is the first book ever written about the virtually anonymous world of theatrical orchestrators and arrangers. Stocked with intriguing facts and juicy anecdotes, most of which have part never before appeared in print, The Sound of Broadway Music brings fascinating and sometimes surprising new insight into the world of musical theatre. INDICE: Verse: On Orchestrators and Orchestration; Refrain: Men of Notes (And a Few Women, Too); I. The Dreyfus System; II. Twelve Major Orchestrators; III. Ghosts and Other Helpers; IV. Valued Members of the Music Department; V. Comparative Orchestrators; Bridge: The Art of Orchestration; VI. From Song to Stage; VII. The Arrangement; VIII. Overture; IX. Meet the Colors; X. And Then Comes the Orchestrator; XI. The Orchestration; XII. Putting it Together; XIII.'Sweeney in the Pit with Steve'; Final Refrain: What's the Score?; XIV. Aboutthe Listings; XV. The Listings; XVI. Additional Shows by Other Orchestrators;Coda; Chronology; Acknowledgements; Sources and Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-979084-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 672
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés