The Norton Manual of Music Notation

184 Pages·1987·7.345 MB·English

by  George Heussenstamm

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The
NORTON
MANUAL
of
MUSIC
NOTATION
by
George Heussenstamm
W. W. Norton & Company New York London
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Heussenstamm, George.
The Norton manual of
music notation.
S.F. PUBLIC LSSRARY
Copyright © 1987 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
The text of this book is composed in Caslon.
Composition and manufacturing by The Maple-Vail Book Group.
First Edition
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Heussenstamm, George.
The Norton manual of music notation.
Bibliography: p.
1. Musical notation. I. Title.
MT35.H55 1987 781'.24 86-16449
ISBN
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10110
W. W. Norton & Company Ltd., 37 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NU
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The Norton Manual
of Music Notation
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VI Contents
PART THREE SCORING PRACTICES 77
Notating Two Lines of Music on One Staff 78
Music on Two or More Staves 87
Piano Notation 92
Vocal Notation and Text Underlay 97
Choral Notation 103
Chamber Music Scores 105
Transposing Instruments 110
Orchestral Scores 112
String Orchestra 113
Chamber Orchestra 114
Full Orchestra 115
Full Orchestra with Soloist and/or Chorus 119
The Title Page 121
Rehearsal Numbers and Letters 122
Reduced Scores 124
Concert Band Scores 125
Condensed Scores 128
Instrument Scoring Guide 129
Extracting Instrumental Parts 131
Appendix 137
Professional Tools and Materials 139
Professional Techniques 148
Reproduction and Binding 153
Popular-Music Notation 155
Bibliography 163
Companies Specializing in Music Manuscript Reproduction and
Score Materials 165
Index 166