The Sound of Broadway Music

A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations

Steven Suskin

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Oxford University Press Inc
26 February 2009

Musicals; Musical scores, lyrics & libretti; Orchestras

Broadway's top orchestrators - Robert Russell Bennett, Don Walker, Philip J. Lang, Jonathan Tunick - are names well known to musical theatre fans, but few people understand precisely what the orchestrator does. The Sound of Broadway Music is the first book ever written about these unsung stars of the Broadway musical whose work is so vital to each show's success. The book examines the careers of Broadway's major orchestrators and follows the song as it travels from the composer's piano to the orchestra pit. Steven Suskin has meticulously tracked down thousands of original orchestral scores, piecing together enigmatic notes and notations with long-forgotten documents and current interviews with dozens of composers, producers, conductors and arrangers. The information is separated into three main parts: a biographical section which gives a sense of the life and world of twelve major theatre orchestrators, as well as incorporating briefer sections on another thirty arrangers and conductors; a lively discussion of the art of orchestration, written for musical theatre enthusiasts (including those who do not read music); a biographical section which gives a sense of the life and world of twelve major theatre orchestrators, as well as incorporating briefer sections on another thirty arrangers and conductors; and an impressive show-by-show listing of more than seven hundred musicals, in many cases including a song-by-song listing of precisely who orchestrated what along with relevant comments from people involved with the productions. Stocked with intriguing facts and juicy anecdotes, many of which have never before appeared in print, The Sound of Broadway Music brings fascinating and often surprising new insight into the world of musical theatre.

By: Steven Suskin
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 1.054kg
ISBN: 9780195309478
ISBN 10: 0195309472
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 26 February 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Verse: On Orchestrators and Orchestration Refrain: Men of Notes (And a Few Women, Too) I: The Dreyfus System II: Twelve Major Orchestrators III: Ghosts and Other Helpers IV: Valued Members of the Music Department V: Comparative Orchestrators Bridge: The Art of Orchestration VI: From Song to Stage VII: The Arrangement VIII: Overture IX: Meet the Colors X: And Then Comes the Orchestrator XI: The Orchestration XII: Putting it Together XIII: ""Sweeney in the Pit with Steve"" Final Refrain: What's the Score? XIV: About the Listings XV: The Listings XVI: Additional Shows by Other Orchestrators Coda Chronology Acknowledgements Sources and Bibliography Index"

Steven Suskin is the author of numerous books on the Broadway musical, including Show Tunes (OUP, fourth edition released March 2010), Second Act Trouble (Applause, 2006), and the Opening Night on Broadway series. He has written hundreds of columns and reviews for Playbill, Variety and other publications.

Reviews for The Sound of Broadway Music: A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations

An invaluable book. -Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal Entertaining and meticulously researched. The Sound of Broadway Music is chock full of intriguing facts and juicy anecdotes and offers new insight into the world of musical theatre. -Judy Samelson, Playbill One of the most magnificent books our favorite art form has ever had --Peter Filichia, Theatermania.com The problem most orchestrators face: No one understands what they do, how they do it, or even who is doing it.. The Sound of Broadway Music will forever change that for lovers of musical theatre. This is probably the most valuable theatre book ever written about a subject you never considered precious --Matthew Murray, Broadwaystars.com Steven Suskin's six hundred and fifty pages of information substantiating the contribution of orchestrators to the music of Broadway is nothing less than jaw-dropping. Their working relationship with the composers of Broadway scores and directors of Broadw