Knowing the Score

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Knowing the Score is a comprehensive approach to all aspects of music score reading and analysis that provides a sequential system for efficient and complete score study. Central to this book are more than 300 pages of music scores for band, orchestra, and choir from a wide range of sources._x000D_
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This book is the culmination of Dr. Robert Quebbeman's twenty years of teaching score reading at the university level. No single resource has ever contained such a systematic guide to score reading and analysis._x000D_
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Knowing the Score is divided into two parts. Part 1 covers score study steps, transposition and instrumentation, form graphs and phrasal analysis, music forms in both instrumental and vocal areas, and contemporary scores. Part 2 visually enhances this resource with printed pages from the scores of 84 works from the broad spectrum of classical literature._x000D_
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Of particular importance to this resource are several distinctive features:_x000D_
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An emphasis on scores in multiple genres_x000D_
Inclusion of complex and atypical examples_x000D_
Detailed instructions on marking the score_x000D_
Interpretation_x000D_
Preparing musicals and operas_x000D_
Memorizing the score_x000D_
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This resource is designed for graduate- or undergraduate-level courses, or for any conductors looking to improve their own score study skills. Knowing the Score is truly the first of its kind._x000D_
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Robert Quebbeman is Professor of Music Emeritus from Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.