Books in the Music Finders series

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.

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.

You are getting ready for a performance of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore and you have a few questions. How many clarinets are in the orchestra? How many orchestra members appear onstage? How many different sets are there? How long does the opera typically run? What are the key arias? Are any special effects or ballet choreography required? Who owns the rights? Where was it premiered? What are the leading and supporting roles?The Opera Manual is the only single source for the answers to these and other important questions. It is the ultimate companion for opera lovers, professionals, scholars, and teachers, featuring comprehensive information about, and plot summaries for, more than 550 operasincluding every opera that is likely to be performed today, from standard to rediscovered contemporary works. The book is invaluable, especially for opera professionals, who will find everything they need for choosing and staging operas. But it is also a treasure for listeners. Similar reference books commonly skip over scenes and supporting characters in their plot summaries, lacking even the most basic facts about staging, orchestral, and vocal requirements. The Opera Manual, based on the actual scores of the works discussed, is the only exhaustive, up-to-date opera companiona ';recipe book' that will enable its readers to explore those operas they know and discover new ones to sample and enjoy.

Daniels' Orchestral Music is the gold standard among orchestra conductors, music programmers, symphony directors, and any other music professional-or student-seeking to research an orchestral program for a recital or a full season.