Composers on composing for band
Title:
Composers on composing for band
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Mark Camphouse ; with a foreword by Mallory Thompson.
Publication Information:
Chicago : GIA Publications, c2002.
Physical Description:
xiii, 385 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781579991951
9781579993856
9781579996314
9781579997397
Abstract:
Each composer addresses the following topics: Biographical information, The creative process ... how a composer works, Orchestration, Views from the composer to the conductor, Commissioning new works, The teaching of composition, Influential 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 Barnes -- Timothy Broege -- Mark Camphouse -- David Gillingham -- David R. Holsinger -- Karel Husa -- Timothy Mahr -- W. Francis McBeth -- Robert Sheldon -- Jack Stamp -- Frank Ticheli.