Arranging Music for the Real World: Classical and Commercial Aspects

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Mel Bay Publications, 27 ago 2015 - 212 páginas

This book is written from a composer's point of view and is intended to be a reference book for the analysis of arranging techniques. Its aim is to help composers and arrangers improve their compositional skills as well as their understanding of various musical styles. Through a study and analysis of the scores and styles of the master composers, the author gives a broad view of the music of both the past and of the present. This allows the musician to navigate within the contemporary music scene with an essential awareness of and appreciation for all genres of music. The skills and concepts taught in this book will help the aspiring arranger harmonize melodies and write counter-melodies quickly and efficiently utilizing various combinations of instruments and voices, whether for pops orchestra, television, or recordings, according to the demands of modern commercial music. Includes access to online audio.     


 

Índice

DOUBLING OF NOTES
19
CLARITY OF DESIGN AND MOTION
30
BALANCE AND TONE COLOR
64
Tone Color
75
A BRIEF HISTORICAL SURVEY OF ORCHESTRATION
82
Romantic Period
90
Impressionistic Period
100
SUMMARY
109
WRITING FOR TWO PARTS
121
MOTION TYPES
133
SEVEN METHODS FOR ACHIEVING VARIETY WITH
140
SUMMARY
174
WORKS CITED
180
SOLUTIONS TO ASSIGNMENTS
181
INSTRUMENT RANGES
188
Voices
195

ONEPART WRITING
114

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Sobre el autor (2015)

Vince Corozine grew up in New York and was Associate Professor of Music for 25 years at two universities in New York and in North Carolina. He studied musical composition with Bernard Wagenaar of the Juilliard School of Music, with jazz composer Jimmy Giuffre, and film scoring with Don Sebesky. Vince was the music arranger for the Jazz Knights at West Point for ten years, music director for the annual Thanksgiving Parade in Philadelphia, also for ten years, and has conducted members of the Toronto Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Philly Pops in recording sessions.


He is the author of Arranging Music for the Real World and Jazzin' the Blues published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. Presently, he teaches a dozen music composition and arranging courses online including: Music Theory I, II, III; Jazz Theory, Songwriting, Music Composition, Orchestration, Counterpoint, Jazz Arranging I (small groups) and Jazz Arranging II (large ensembles), and Choral Arranging.


As music director of the Norm Hathaway Big Band in New York, he has made appearances at the Iridium Jazz Club on Broadway in New York City and a special appearance on Saturday Night Live. Vince was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2013.

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