Welcome to Orchestral Music OnlineSubscribers click here to enter. Orchestral Music Online is the most recent iteration of David Daniels's classic repertoire reference work used by conductors, orchestras, musicians, and musicologists throughout the world. This new online version, based on the critically acclaimed fourth edition of the printed reference work Orchestral Music: A Handbook (2005, Scarecrow Press), provides greater and easier access to more information on composers and works. Orchestral Music Online provides:
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Here are a few pages from a new work-in-progress. It is a book intended for conductors and orchestra librarians who need to track down particular arias for concert use. (View Sample PDF) This project was begun in mid-2009 and so far barely scratches the surface. My goal is to have favorite arias, ensembles, and choruses from around 250 operas and oratorios. Release date: early in 2011. In the meantime, I will be eager to receive reactions and suggestions from anyone who sees these sample pages. I have not tried to list every aria from every opera, but rather the few extracts which are most likely to be chosen for inclusion on an orchestra concert. I am still changing and improving the format. My goal is for it to be readily intelligible to the knowledgeable user without a great deal of explanation. The instrumentation and most abbreviations are the same as those used on the OrchestralMusic.com website. One new one is the symbol ± [plus or minus] to show instruments or voices that have just a few notes and/or could easily be dispensed with in concert performance.
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Forthcoming: Aria Finder