Item Detail
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Farish, Margaret K.
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String music in print
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Book
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2nd ed.
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Music-in-print series, vol. 6
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New York, N.Y.
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1973
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R.R. Bowker Co.
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xv, 464 p. ; 26 cm.
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English
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835205967
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Violin music--Bibliography.
Viola music--Bibliography.
Violoncello music--Bibliography.
Double bass music--Bibliography. -
Printed Music; Strings; Violins; Violas; Cellos; Double Basses
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ML 128 .S7 F4 1973
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Farish, Margaret K. String Music in Print, 2nd ed. New York and London: R. R. Bowker Company, A Xerox Education Company, 1973.
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A practical aid for teachers and performers for finding available music in print.
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This edition includes all entries listed in the first edition published in 1965, plus the information from the 1968 supplement, adding 6,000 entries total to the first edition. Farish omits contents of large collections, and compositions not found in publisher's catalogues. Included in the work are chapters on solo, chamber, orchestral solo, and study publications. Works for string ensembles including wind, keyboard, voice, and electronic tape are also listed.
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The book is broadly organized by number of instruments beginning with works for solo strings through works for nine or ten instruments. The lists are organized by instrument range, highest to lowest (starting with works for the violin, concluding with the double bass). Farish includes chapters for Voice and Instruments, Chamber Music Scores, Solo String Instruments and Orchestra, Orchestra Study Scores, Study Materials (i.e. etudes and method books), and Literature (i.e. treatises). A Composer Index and List of Publishers conclude the book.
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The book provides information in broad areas of coverage, including many lesser- known classical styles and instrumentations.
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The instrumentation is not organized alphabetically, possibly complicating easy location of specific works. The work is also dated, excluding compositions since 1973.
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Schwartz, Boris. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 30 (September 1974): 60-61.http://www.jstor.org/stable/895932
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BYU Mus Ref
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3161