Creative Orchestration and Arrangement Syllabus

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This document provides a list of reference texts and scores related to orchestration and arranging, grouped into categories such as Orchestration, Arranging, Notation, Jazz Scores, and Orchestral Scores from Piano Pieces.

The texts listed include books, audio documents, and scores.

The texts are grouped into categories of Orchestration, Arranging, Notation, Jazz Scores, and Orchestral Scores from Piano Pieces.

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Reference texts and scores

37 items

ORCHESTRATION (8 items)
The study of orchestration - Samuel Adler, 2000
Book | Essential | The standard textbook for symphonic orchestration.

The study of orchestration - Samuel Adler, 2002


Audio document | Essential | a set of CDs with examples cited in The Study of
Orchestration

Instrumentation and orchestration - Alfred Blatter, 1997


Book | Recommended

Orchestration: an anthology of writings - Paul Mathews, c2006


Book | Further reading

Orchestration - Walter Piston, 1955


Book | Further reading

Thesaurus of orchestral devices - Gardner Read, 1969


Book | Further reading

The Cambridge guide to orchestration - Ertugrul Sevsay, 2013


Book | Recommended | Excellent resource on each of the orchestral families.

Thinking for orchestra: practical exercises in orchestration - René Leibowitz, Jan Maguire,
1960
Book | Further reading

ARRANGING (8 items)
Mostly jazz and commercial arranging

Arranging for large jazz ensemble - Dick Lowell, Ken Pullig, Michael J. Gold, c2003
Book | Recommended

The complete arranger - Sammy Nestico, c2006


Book | Recommended

The invisible artist: arrangers in popular music (1950-2000) - Richard Niles, c2014
Book | Recommended

Modern jazz voicings: arranging for small and medium ensembles - Frederick Pease, Ken

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Pullig, Michael Gold, c2001


Book | Recommended

Arranged by Nelson Riddle: the definitive study of arranging by America's #1 composer,


arranger, and conductor - Nelson Riddle, c1985
Book | Further reading

The contemporary arranger - Don Sebesky, c1994


Book | Further reading

Jazz composition and arranging in the digital age - Richard Sussman, Mike Abene, c2012
Book | Further reading

Instrumental jazz arranging: a comprehensive and practical guide - Mike Tomaro, John
Wilson, c2009
Book | Further reading

NOTATION (1 items)
Behind bars: the definitive guide to music notation - Elaine Gould, 2011
Book | Essential | The definitive reference book on notation conventions and score
layout

JAZZ SCORES (8 items)


On the stage in cages - Carla Bley, 1993
Book | Recommended

Birth of the cool - Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis, John Carisi, 2002
Book | Further reading

Springsville - John Carisi, Gil Evans, Jeff Sultanof, c2011


Book | Further reading

Blues for Pablo: as recorded by the Miles Davis/Gil Evans Orchestra - Gil Evans, Gil Evans,
Miles Davis, Rob DuBoff, Jeff Sultanof, Gil Evans Orchestra, 2010
Book | Further reading

My ship: as recorded by the Miles Davis/Gil Evans Orchestra - Kurt Weill, Gil Evans, Gil
Evans Orchestra, 2010
Book | Further reading

Gil Evans & Miles Davis: historic collaborations : an analysis of selected Gil Evans works,
1957-1962 - Steve Lajoie, c2003
Book | Further reading

Evanescence - Maria Schneider, Fred Sturm, 1998


Book | Recommended

Collected works on ECM - Kenny Wheeler, Fred Sturm, 1997

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Book | Further reading

Orchestral scores from piano pieces (12 items)


Petite Suite - Claude Debussy
Chapter

Petite suite: pour orchestre - Claude Debussy, Henri Busser, 1907


Book | Further reading | orchestral version by Henri Busser

Epigraphes Antiques - Claude Debussy


Book | Further reading

Six epigraphes antiques - Claude Debussy, Ernest Ansermet, 1939


Book | Further reading | orchestrated by Ernest Ansermet

Préludes Books 1 & 2 - Claude Debussy


Book | Recommended

Preludes: Canope - Claude Debussy, Colin Matthews, 2008


Book | Further reading | orchestration by Colin Matthews

Preludes: Les tierces alternées - Claude Debussy, Colin Matthews, 2008


Book | Further reading | orchestration by Colin Matthews

Preludes: La danse de Puck - Claude Debussy, Colin Matthews, 2008


Book | Further reading | orchestration by Colin Matthews

Peer Gynt suite, Holberg suite and other works for piano solo - Edvard Grieg, 1993
Book | Further reading | piano version

Aus Holbergs Zeit: suite for string orchestra, op. 40 - Edvard Grieg, n.d
Book | Further reading | string orchestra version

Pictures from an exhibition - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, 1984


Book | Recommended | piano original

Pictures from an exhibition - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Maurice Ravel, 1929


Book | Recommended | Ravel's orchestration

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