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Orchestral Music: Reference Works and Selected Bibliography

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Orchestral Bibliographies

Music for Orchestra, Band and Large Ensemble by Martha Grutchfield (Editor); Jane Gottlieb (Introduction by); Margaret F. Jory (Introduction by)
Call Number: Ref ML128 .O5 A512
ISBN: 0916052052
Publication Date: 1982
Daniels' Orchestral Music by David Daniels; David W. Oertel; David A. Rahbee
Call Number: Ref ML128 .O5 D186 2022
ISBN: 1442275200
Publication Date: 2022
Orchestra music guide; a bibliography of music for orchestra, string orchestra, orchestra collections, and solos/ensembles accompanied by orchestra, string orchestra, or ensemble. by Instrumentalist CO.
Call Number: Ref. ML 128 .O5 158
Publication Date: 1966
American Orchestral Music by Richard Koshgarian
Call Number: Ref ML128.)5 K86 1992
ISBN: 0810826321
Publication Date: 1992
Orchestral Pops Music by Lucy Manning; David Daniels (Foreword by)
Call Number: Ref ML128.05 M283 2013
ISBN: 9780810863804
Publication Date: 2013
ASCAP Symphonic Catalog by American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: ML128 .O6 A512A 1977
ISBN: 0835209105
Publication Date: 1977
Orchestral catalogue by British Broadcasting Corporation
Call Number: ML128 .B862 O64 1982
ISBN: 0563201207
Publication Date: 1982

Reference About Major Orchestras

Twenty-seven major American symphony orchestras; a history and analysis of their repertoires, seasons 1842-43 through 1969-70 by Kate Hevner Mueller
Call Number: ML128 .O5 M946
Publication Date: 1973
Boston Symphony Orchestra by James H. North; James Levine (Foreword by)
Call Number: Ml156.7 B747 N865 2008
ISBN: 9780810862098
Publication Date: 2008
The London Philharmonic Discography by Philip Stuart
Call Number: ML156.7 L847 S932 1997
ISBN: 0313291365
Publication Date: 1997
New York Philharmonic by James H. North; Zarin Mehta (Foreword by)
Call Number: ML156.7 .N532 N865 2006
ISBN: 0810858541
Publication Date: 2006
The Philadelphia Orchestra by Richard A. Kaplan
Call Number: ML156.7 .P544 K17 2015
ISBN: 1442239158
Publication Date: 2015-01-16
Conductors and composers of popular orchestral music : a biographical and discographical sourcebook by Reuben Musiker
Call Number: ML105 .M9865 C74 1998
Publication Date: 1998

Wind Ensemble Bibliographies

Wind Ensemble Sourcebook and Biographical Guide by David L. Clark; Jon A. Gillaspie; Marshall Stoneham
Call Number: ML128 .W5 S881 1997
ISBN: 0313298580
Publication Date: 1997
Woodwind music guide by Himie Voxman
Call Number: ML128 .W5 V974W 1982
Publication Date: 1982
Wind band and wind ensemble literature of the Classic period by David Whitwell
Call Number: ML128 W628c 1983
Publication Date: 1983
Wind ensemble literature by Robert H. Reynolds
Call Number: ML128 .W5 W76 1975
Publication Date: 1975

Band Bibliographies

Band music guide : alphabetical listing of titles and composers of all band music. by Northfield Instrumentalist Co.
Call Number: ML128 .B21 B49m 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Music for concert band : a selective annotated guide to band literature by Joseph Kreines
Call Number: ML128 .B221 K92 1989
Publication Date: 1989
The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music by Paul E. Bierley (Editor); William H. Rehrig; Alfred Reed (Preface by)
Call Number: ML128 .B21 R345 1991
ISBN: 0918048087
Publication Date: 1991
Wind ensemble/band repertoire by David Wallace
Call Number: ML128 .B21 W188 1984
Publication Date: 1984

Choral-Orchestral Bibliographies

Choral-Orchestral Repertoire by Jonathan Green; David Oertel
Call Number: ML 128 .C48 R818 2020
ISBN: 1442244666
Publication Date: 2019
Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music by Michael Rosewall
Call Number: ML128 R818 2007
ISBN: 0415980046
Publication Date: 2006
A conductor's guide to choral/orchestral repertoire : an annotated listing of 1,200 works by 250 composers by Dennis Shrock
Call Number: ML128 .C48 S561 2017
ISBN: 9781622772278
Publication Date: 2017