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Composing for the Jazz Orchestra / William Russo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russo, William, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Composition (Music).
- Improvisation (Music).
- Instrumentation and orchestration (Dance orchestra).
- Jazz--Instruction and study.
- Local Subjects:
- Composition (Music).
- Improvisation (Music).
- Instrumentation and orchestration (Dance orchestra).
- Jazz--Instruction and study.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (97 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "Although it will be of primary interest to those who are engaged in composition themselves, [this] book is also recommended for readers who may wish to gain further insight into just what makes jazz composition so different from traditional approaches."-Malcolm Bessom, The Music Magazine
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 1. ALPHABETICAL CHORD SYMBOLS
- 2. THE SIX TYPES OF CHORDS
- 3. ELABORATION OF THE SIX TYPES OF CHORDS
- 4. BASIC HARMONIC CONSIDERATIONS
- 5. THE RANGES OF THE INSTRUMENTS
- 6. VOICING
- 7. CLOSE POSITION VOICING (I)
- 8. CLOSE POSITION VOICING (II)
- 9. CLOSE POSITION VOICING (III)
- 10. OPEN POSITION VOICING (I)
- 11. OPEN POSITION VOICING (II)
- 12. OPEN POSITION VOICING (III)
- 13. NON-CHORDAL TONES
- 14. HARMONIZATION OF NON-CHORDAL TONES (I)
- 15. HARMONIZATION OF NON-CHORDAL TONES (II)
- 16. THE THICKENED LINE
- 17. THE WIDENED LINE
- 18. PERCUSSION
- 19. THE DOUBLE BASS
- 20. THE GUITAR
- 21. THE PIANO
- 22. A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE ENSEMBLE
- 23. THE BASIC ENSEMBLE METHOD
- 24. THE FOUR·TONE ENSEMBLE METHOD
- 25. THE PERCUSSIVE ENSEMBLE METHOD
- 26. BRASS MUTES
- 27. THE BACKGROUND
- 28. THE PLANNING OF ORCHESTRATION
- 29. COMBINATIONS OF INSTRUMENTS
- 30. IDENTITIES
- 31. CHORDS DERIVED FROM SCALES
- 32. THE PROGRESSION OF CHORDS DERIVED FROM SCALES
- 33. MIXED VOICING
- 34. MIXED ENSEMBLES
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780226353463
- 022635346X
- OCLC:
- 1055796747
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