Ballet Music A Handbook
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780810886599
Description: Provides a practical guide for the professional musician who works with ballet companies, whether as a full-time staff member or as an independent contractor. In this comprehensive work, he addresses the daily routine of the modern ballet company, outlines the respective roles of the conductor, company pianist and music librarian and their necessary collaboration with choreographers and ballet masters, and examines the complete process of putting a dance performance on stage, from selection or existing music to commissioning original scores to stage.