{"product_id":"the-sound-of-broadway-music-a-book-of-orchestrators-and-orchestrations-9780199790845","title":"The Sound of Broadway Music: A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations","description":"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. \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Broadway Music\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book ever written about these unsung stars\u003cbr\u003eof 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\u003cbr\u003escores, 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\u003cbr\u003emajor 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\u003cbr\u003eand 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\u003cbr\u003ewith relevant comments from people involved with the productions. Stocked with intriguing facts and juicy anecdotes, many of which have never before appeared in print, \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Broadway Music \u003c\/em\u003ebrings fascinating and often surprising new insight into the world of musical theatre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Suskin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199790845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Suskin\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of numerous books on the Broadway musical, including \u003cem\u003eShow Tunes\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, fourth edition released March 2010), \u003cem\u003eSecond Act Trouble \u003c\/em\u003e(Applause, 2006), and the \u003cem\u003eOpening Night on Broadway \u003c\/em\u003eseries. He has written hundreds of columns and reviews for \u003cem\u003ePlaybill, Variety\u003c\/em\u003e and other publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937657143411,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d6e5c332-aaed-4747-83b5-8d55def2f4f3.jpg?v=1647995108","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-sound-of-broadway-music-a-book-of-orchestrators-and-orchestrations-9780199790845","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}