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This book is excellent
I found this book extremely helpful and a joy to read. I have used it as a resource for a Rachmaninoff class that i am c... more info

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Definitive Work
If you are interested in writing musical theater, you must have this book. It is inspirational and instructive. I have... more info

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A valuable compendium
It is a measure of John Adam's success as a composer of art music, for want of a better term, that such a work as this h... more info

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Wasted money
Awful, and even wrong, harmonizations and voicings like insistent parallels 5ths (SATB choir arrangement), avoidable not... more info

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Not the best general orchestration primer
I enjoyed this book and found it valuable. However, it is not the best book from which to learn comprehensive orchestral... more info

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Practical exercises meant to develop compositional skills rather than simply theory exercises
This book is the practical application of the principles Hindemith discusses in his theoretical volume of the "Craft of ... more info

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Cute publication of the Suite
I purchased this score years ago before Dover published the full ballet score, and though I wished I had the full ballet... more info

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Great for Self-study
Gauldin has prepared a book which leads you carefully and methodically through counterpoint. The books assignments are ... more info

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Dover Score of Bruckner 4&7 - Haas
I conducted 7th Symphony last week. Make sure you know the differences of Haas and Nowak. Even the Kalmus parts we had, ... more info

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When singing became art
In the first half of the nineteenth century a series of composers combined with the invention of the piano facilitated t... more info