Composing and Arranging for the Contemporary Big Band
- ISBN-10
- 3954810190
- ISBN-13
- 9783954810192
- Category
- Arrangement (Music)
- Pages
- 294
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-01-14
- Publisher
- Alfred Music
- Author
- Bill Dobbins
Description
Dobbins uses a selection of his own works and arrangements of works by Peter Erskine to discuss principles of writing for big band. Complete scores are presented with running commentary. The CD contains recordings of the music in the book. With an introduction and appendix.
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