The sound of Broadway music
Subtitle: a book of orchestrators and orchestrations
By: Steven Suskin..
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 664
ISBN-13: 9780195309478
Subjects: Instrumentation and orchestration -- History; Orchestrators; Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Verse : on orchestrators and orchestration; title: Refrain : men of notes (and a few women, too); title: Section I. The Dreyfus system; title: Section II. Twelve major orchestrators: Russell Bennett ; Ralph Burns ; Robert Ginzler ; Hershy Kay ; Irv Kostal ; Phil Lang ; Sid Ramin ; Ted Royal ; Eddie Sauter ; Hans Spialek ; Don Walker ; Larry Wilcox; title: Section III. Ghosts and other helpers; title: Section IV. Valued members of the music department: Roger Adams ; Franz Allers ; Jack Andrews ; David Baker ; Jay Blackton ; Pembroke Davenport ; Buster Davis ; Frederick Dvonch ; Lehman Engel ; Marion Evans ; Dorothea Freitag ; Joe Glover ; Max Goberman ; Herbert Greene ; Hal Hastings ; Luther Henderson ; Peter Howard ; Elliot Lawrence ; Stanley Lebowsky ; Hugh Martin ; Jack Mason ; Peter Matz ; John Morris ; Robert H. Noeltner ; Walter Paul  ; Mathilde Pincus ; Donald Pippin ; Genevieve Pitot ; Trude Rittman ; Milton Rosenstock ; Menotti Salta ; Bill Stegmeyer ; Jim Tyler ; Betty Walberg; title: Section V. Comparative orchestrators : Bridte : The art of orchestration: Section I. From song to stage ; Section II. The arrangement ; Section III. Overture ; Section IV. Meet the colors ; Section V. And then comes the orchestrator ; Section VI. The orchestration ; Section VII. Putting it together ; Section VIII. "Sweeney in the pit with Steve"; title: Final refrain:  "What's the score: Section I. About the listings ; Section II. The listings ; Section III. Additional shows by other orchestrators; title: Coda: Chronology ; Acknowledgements ; Sources and bibliography ; Index.