Research Guides: Brass Instruments: Program Note Resources

Resources for Writing Program Notes

In general, browse the ML410 call numbers on the shelves for biographical information about composers, arranged by their last names; browse the ML419 call numbers on the shelves for biographical information about brass performers, arranged by their last names; browse the MT145-MT145 call numbers for books with analyses of musical works, arranged by composer. For example:

Richard Strauss by Michael Kennedy
Call Number: ML410.S93 K46 1999
Publication Date: 1999
Giovanni Gabrieli and the Music of the Venetian High Renaissance by Denis Arnold
Call Number: ML410.G11 A8
Publication Date: 1980
Trumpet Story by Bill Coleman
Call Number: ML419.C62 A33 1991
Publication Date: 1991
Brass Singers: The Teaching of Arnold Jacobs by Luis E. Loubriel
Call Number: ML419 .J34 L68 2011
Publication Date: 2011
Reflections on Wagner's Ring by John Culshaw
Call Number: MT100.W25 C9
Publication Date: 1976
A Conductor's Interpretive Analysis of Masterworks for Band by Frederick Fennell
Call Number: MT135 .F46 2008
Publication Date: 2008

In some cases, books of published program notes are available for particular instruments or ensemble repertoires:

Program Notes for the Solo Tuba by Gary Bird (Editor)
Call Number: ML973 .P76 1994
Publication Date: 1994
Program Notes for Band by Norman E. Smith
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML102.B35 S54 2000
Publication Date: 2000

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