Research Guides: Conducting: Program Note Resources

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Resources for writing program notes

In general, browse books in the ML410 call numbers for biographical information about composers; browse the ML422 call numbers for biographical information about conductors; and browse books in the MT130-MT136 call numbers for analyses of specific works of music for orchestra or band. For example:

Leonard Bernstein by Meryle Secrest
Call Number: ML410.B566 S43 1994
Publication Date: 1994
Igor Stravinsky: An Autobiography by Igor Stravinsky
Call Number: ML410.S932A22 1962
Publication Date: 1962
Toscanini and the Art of Orchestral Performance by Robert C. Marsh
Call Number: ML422.T67M3 1973
Publication Date: 1973
Mozart Wind and String Concertos by Alec H. King
Call Number: MT130.M8K56 1978a
Publication Date: 1978
Program Notes for Band by Norman E. Smith
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML102.B35 S54 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Index to Symphonic Program Notes in Books by Anna Tipton Voorhees
Call Number: ML128 .O5V6
Publication Date: 1970

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