Composers on composing for band. Vol. two
Title:
Composers on composing for band. Vol. two
JLCTITLE245:
Vol. two / edited by Mark Camphouse ; with a foreword by Gary D. Green.
Publication Information:
Chicago : GIA Publications, c2004.
Physical Description:
xv, 295 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781579993856
Abstract:
Each composer addresses the following topics: biography ; creative process ; approach to orchestration ; views from the composer to the conductor ; the relationship between the composer and the commissioning party ; views on the teaching of composition ; influencial individuals ; ten works all band conductors at all levels should study ; ten composers whose music speaks in especially meaningful ways ; the future of the wind band ; other facets of everyday life ; comprehensive list of works for band.
Contents:
James Curnow -- Johan de Meij -- Julie Giroux -- Donald Grantham -- Robert Jager -- Pierre La Plante -- David Maslanka -- Philip Sparke -- Eric Whitacre -- Dana Wilson.