Ballet music : a handbook /

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Author / Creator:	Naughtin, Matthew, 1947-
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Description:	xv, 453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Music finders Music finders.
Subject:	Ballet -- Production and direction. Ballet -- Production and direction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10937040

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ISBN:	9780810886599 0810886596 9780810886605 081088660X 9780810886605
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Provides a practical guide for the professional musician who works with ballet companies, whether as a full-time staff member or as an independent contractor. In this comprehensive work, he addresses the daily routine of the modern ballet company, outlines the respective roles of the conductor, company pianist and music librarian and their necessary collaboration with choreographers and ballet masters, and examines the complete process of putting a dance performance on stage, from selection or existing music to commissioning original scores to stage.

Table of Contents:

How ballet works. The world of ballet : choreographers, ballet masters, dancers ; Ballet structure and terminology ; The ballet company ; The pianist ; The conductor ; The composer ; The music librarian ; Music preparation and adapting classic ballets ; Creating new ballets ; Licensing, contracts, and legal issues
Repertoire and reference. Ballet repertoire ; Ballet reference resources
Appendix 1. Instrumental abbreviations
Appendix 2. Request for grand rights license
Appendix 3. Grand rights license
Appendix 4. Music commissioning agreement
Appendix 5. Joint music commissioning agreement
Appendix 6. Master use license
Appendix 7. Television and Internet promotion master use license agreement.

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