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Accessible Orchestral Repertoire is a repertoire and programming resource for any conductor who leads a non-professional symphonic orchestra. The volume will be helpful to every conductor in the process of selecting repertoire that will both feature and enrich individual non-professional ensembles.

In this new edition of Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook, Lucy Manning brings to the present her remarkable compendium, which has proven so critical to the success of "pops" concert programming. This revised handbook alleviates this time-consuming task by offering a list of works for orchestral "pops" concerts that is comprehensive, informative, and current. In addition to corrections and updates, this revised edition of Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook includes at least 1000 new titles.

This is a one-stop sourcebook for orchestras, opera companies, conductors, and librarians programming vocal excerpts for concert performance. Includes detailed information on a vast repertoire of vocal pieces commonly extracted from operas, operettas, musicals, and oratorios -more than 1,500 excerpts from 400 parent works.

This book supplies conductors, music administrators, and librarians with all the information needed to plan performances of modern chamber music. It provides details on 4,000 titles composed during the 20th or 21st centuries, and the appendix allows users to search for pieces based on various criteria.

Choral-Orchestral Repertoire offers a fully comprehensive list of choral orchestral works. It not only compiles Jonathan Green's earlier six volumes on this topic published over the past two decades, but it updates and adds to the list of entries. It appears in a large format, following the precedent established by Daniels' Orchestral Music.

This book provides a practical guide for the professional musician who works with ballet companies. It addresses the daily routine of the modern ballet company, outlines the various roles, and examines the complete process of putting a dance performance on stage. Includes a listing of classic ballets in standard repertoire.

This is a one-stop sourcebook for orchestras, opera companies, conductors, and librarians programming vocal excerpts for concert performance. Includes detailed information on a vast repertoire of vocal pieces commonly extracted from operas, operettas, musicals, and oratorios -more than 1,500 excerpts from 400 parent works.

Each entry includes the title, date of composition, date and performer of premiere, key, duration, instrumentation, and movements of the work. Entries provide historical, technical, and performance information crucial to study of the work, concluding with a list of several recordings by famous artists and recommended books for further information.

This book supplies conductors, music administrators, and librarians with all the information needed to plan performances of modern chamber music. It provides details on 4,000 titles composed during the 20th or 21st centuries, and the appendix allows users to search for pieces based on various criteria.

The second edition of The American Piano Concerto Compendium reveals to professional and amateur pianists forty percent more works than the first edition from 1985. It is a valuable resource not only for pianists and conductors, but also for orchestras, teachers, students, music historians and critics, collectors, and concert attendees.