Program Notes

These books are located on the lower level of the library. See music map.

Books:

Program notes for band by Norman E. Smith.  ML102.B35 S54 2002

The concert guide; a handbook for concert-goers and music-lovers by Gerhart von Westerman. MT90 .W513

The symphony : a listener’s guide by Michael Steinberg. MT125 .S79 1998

The New York Philharmonic guide to the symphony  by Edward Downes. MT125 .D68 1976

Listen to the music : a self-guided tour through the orchestral repertoire by Jonathan D. Kramer. MT125 .K72 1988

Orchestra websites with program notes:

http://www.bostonclassicalorchestra.org/prognotes/notes-main.html

http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=5,5

http://www.mso.org/main.taf?p=1,1,1,4,3

http://www.slso.org/notes/

http://www.bsomusic.org/main.taf?p=1,1,1,9,6

http://www.hjcms.org/concert_program_notes.htm

http://www.shostakovich.com/progs.html

http://library.shu.edu/concerts/program-notes.htm

http://facstaff.uww.edu/allsenj/MSO/NOTES/notes.htm

Try searching Google for the composer's name, title of the piece and "program note."