The professional arranger composer
By: Russell Garcia
Publisher: Criterion Music
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Instrumentation and orchestration (Dance orchestra); Composition (Music); Arrangement (Music)
Notes: "By arrangement with Barrington House Publishers."

One library copy is 14th printing: with "Book 1" as part of cover title and with advertisement for Book 2 ("discusses contemporary trends in jazz, pop...) on p. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Ranges and transpositions; title: bk. 1. Dance band harmony & voicing; title: bk. 2. Form (Planning an arrangement) ; Counterpoint in dance band writing; title: bk. 3. Examples of present day dance band styles; title: bk. 4. Intros, modulations, interludes & endings; title: bk. 5. Harmonic progression; title: bk. 6. Experimental material for the progressive arranger, composer ; Suggested course of study for the serious student.