Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook

The Music Library received the second edition of Lucy Manning's bibliography of pops music for orchestra, entitled Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook. It is found at call number MUR ML128.O5 M36 2013. It is arranged in alphabetical order by composer, and entries for each work list instrumentation, themes, durations, and publishers. It will be useful for anyone involved in orchestral programming, especially conductors or music educators.

New Reference Tool for Orchestral Pops Music

The Music Library recently received Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook, by Lucy Manning (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009). It uses the same format as the familiar orchestral music resource, Orchestral Music: A Handbook, 4th ed., by David Daniels. Works are listed in alphabetical order by composer. Five appendixes index the contents by "instrumentation," "duration," "themes," "title," and "publishers and sources," respectively. This resource can be found in the Music Library reference collection under call no. MUR ML128.O5 M36 2009.